Haemochromatosis, sinus node dysfunction and Brugada syndrome--a ménage a trois of findings in one and the same patient: coincidence or causality?
We describe the case of a 52-year-old male patient with a recently diagnosed hereditary haemochromatosis who was referred to our electrophysiology laboratory due to presyncopal spells during physical exertion. The electrophysiological study unexpectedly revealed a sinus node dysfunction as well as a Brugada syndrome--both diagnosed on the grounds of an ajmaline test.
Heart Rhythm Management Centre, UZB, Brussels, Belgium. m.namdar@gmx.ch
Mehdi
M
Namdar
Moises
M
Rodriguez-Manero
Pedro
P
Brugada
D000404:Ajmaline; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D053840:Brugada Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000404:Ajmaline