title: Spontaneous T wave alternans and premature ventricular contractions during febrile illness in a patient with Brugada syndrome.
abstract: A 69-year-old man who had experienced syncope and ventricular fibrillation was referred to our hospital. ECG showed a right bundle branch block pattern with ST segment elevation in the right precordial leads. When the patient presented to the hospital with febrile illness, spontaneous T wave alternans and premature ventricular contractions were observed. When the patient became afebrile, ST segment elevation improved, and T wave alternans and premature ventricular contractions disappeared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Okayama University Graduate School, Japan. hmorita@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: Kengo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusano
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D013575:Syncope / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D018879:Ventricular Premature Complexes / Q000209:etiology*