[Brugada syndrome--underestimated cause of sudden cardiac death in patients without an organic cardiac disease--a case report].
We present a case of a 61-year-old man with a history of syncope and sudden cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation, with the symptoms of spontaneous electrocardiographic changes characteristic for the Brugada syndrome. The patient received an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. This patient was previously hospitalised in 2003, when the diagnosis of atrio-ventricular block has been established and in 2006, when he had chest pain and was operated because of the right coronary artery ostium haematoma. However, the diagnosis of Brugada syndrome was not established.
Kołodziej
Małgorzata
M
Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony, ul. Grunwaldzka 45, 25-736 Kielce. malkol@esculap.pl
Sledź
Janusz
J
Janion
Marianna
M
D053840:Brugada Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged