title: [Fever and sudden death, a reality: illustrative case report].
abstract: The connection between fever and sudden death due to ventricular tachycardia has been usually reported in Brugada Syndrome. However the thermosensitive effects caused by fever have been recently described as a possible cause of sudden death in congenital long QT type II syndrome and in idiopathic ventricular fibrillation syndrome. We present a case where fever unmasked a congenital long QT type II syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares de la Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Address: Centro Clínico La Sagrada Familia, Las Lomas con avenida 63, Prolongación vial Amparo, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Email: crartuza@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Artuza
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares de la Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Osorio
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares de la Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Freddy
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Madueño
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares de la Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
authors.forename: Agustín
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Payares
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords:  idiopathic ventricular fibrillation;  sudden death; fever