title: [Variant Brugada syndrome--mild ST segment elevation in inferior leads and aborted sudden cardiac death].
abstract: We describe a case of an otherwise healthy 48-year-old man who survived aborted sudden cardiac death (SCD). His ECG showed ST segment elevation in inferior leads, therefore an acute coronary syndrome was suspected. However, serial troponin T and CPK-MB were negative, echocardiogram was unremarkable and exercise test was negative. On the basis of electrophysiological study, positive ajmaline test, persistent ST segment elevation in inferior leads and other clinical features (PQ interval of 240 ms, family history of SCD) a diagnosis of variant Brugada syndrome was made. Persistent ST segment elevations in inferior leads can be a marker of variant Brugada syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Wewnetrzny, Szpital Specjalistyczny im. H. Klimontowicza, Gorlice.
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kukla
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jastrzebski
authors.forename: Bogumiła
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bacior
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gomuła
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grodecki
authors.forename: Kalina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawecka-Jaszcz
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D053840:Brugada Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged