title: Brugada-type electrocardiographic pattern induced by fever.
abstract: ST-segment elevation in Brugada syndrome is caused by a shift in the ionic current balance and the creation of a voltage gradient between the epicardium and the endocardium. This ionic mechanism have been shown to be temperature dependent. We describe a 33-year-old man who presented with fever with the dynamic electrocardiographic changes similar to the Brugada syndrome. These electrocardiographic anomalies disappeared when the temperature returned to normal.
authors.affiliation: Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. ozcanozeke@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ozcan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ozeke
authors.forename: Dursun
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aras
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geyik
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Deveci
authors.forename: Timur
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Selcuk