All that looks like "Brugada" is not "Brugada": Case series of Brugada phenocopy caused by hyponatremia.
Brugada syndrome (BS), a life-threatening channelopathy associated with reduced inward sodium current due to dysfunctional sodium channels, is characterized by ST-segment elevation with downsloping "coved type" (type 1) or "saddle back" (type 2) pattern in V1-V3 precordial chest leads (1, 2). Brugada phenocopy, a term describing conditions inducing Brugada-like pattern of electrocardiogram (EKG) manifestations in patients without true BS, is an emerging condition (3). We describe a case series of Brugada phenocopy with hyponatremia.
Department of Internal Medicine/Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, aUSA.
Yashwant
Y
Agrawal
Department of Internal Medicine/Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University, Homer Stryker School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, aUSA.
Sourabh
S
Aggarwal
Department of Cardiology. Borgess Medical Center/Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI, bUSA.
Jagadeesh K
JK
Kalavakunta
Department of Cardiology. Borgess Medical Center/Michigan State University, Kalamazoo, MI, bUSA.
Vishal
V
Gupta
Brugada syndrome; Electrocardiogram; Hyponatremia
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