Brugada electrocardiographic pattern induced during febrile state with marked leukocytosis.
Several agents and conditions have been reported to unmask or accentuate the electrocardiographic pattern of Brugada syndrome including fever. At a molecular level, sodium channels have been showed to be temperature dependent. Herein, we describe a case of Brugada electrocardiographic pattern unmasked during febrile state and marked leukocytosis.
Gavrielatos
Gerasimos
G
Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
Letsas
Konstantinos P
KP
Pappas
Loukas K
LK
Efremidis
Michalis
M
Sideris
Antonios
A
Kardaras
Fotis
F
D053840:Brugada Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged