Negative flecainide test in Brugada syndrome patients with previous positive response.
Class I antiarrhythmic drug infusion has been established as the standard test to unmask Brugada syndrome. This report presents two patients with Brugada syndrome with positive flecainide response which was not reproducible in a subsequent test.
Abello
Mauricio
M
Laboratory of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, La Paz University Hospital, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Merino
José L
JL
Peinado
Rafael
R
Gnoatto
Mariana
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D053840:Brugada Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005424:Flecainide; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D005424:Flecainide