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Pyrexia Unmasking Brugada Syndrome: A Literature Review

Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited arrhythmia syndrome in which asymptomatic patients tend to develop fatal arrhythmias leading to sudden cardiac death (SCD) in asymptomatic or undiagnosed cases. This review tries to shed light on pyrexia being one of the triggers to cause SCD secondary to fatal...

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Autores principales: Jain, Ashish, Yagnik, K, Hussain, Khandakar M, Naik, Sarvesh, Sharma, Tanvi, Shahab, Asna, Khilan, Muhammad Haroon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8942134/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371667
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22489
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author Jain, Ashish
Yagnik, K
Hussain, Khandakar M
Naik, Sarvesh
Sharma, Tanvi
Shahab, Asna
Khilan, Muhammad Haroon
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description Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited arrhythmia syndrome in which asymptomatic patients tend to develop fatal arrhythmias leading to sudden cardiac death (SCD) in asymptomatic or undiagnosed cases. This review tries to shed light on pyrexia being one of the triggers to cause SCD secondary to fatal arrhythmias in patients of BrS. Pyrexia, electrolyte imbalance, alcohol intake, and drugs are common triggering factors for fatal arrhythmias in patients with BrS. Most patients are asymptomatic, while the most common form of presentation that brings the patient under medical attention is syncope or SCD. Hence, patients, especially young, who present with syncope or aborted episode of SCD with typical EKG patterns, should undergo further workup. It is essential to educate patients about the condition, possible triggers, and the importance of refraining them.
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spelling pubmed-89421342022-03-31 Pyrexia Unmasking Brugada Syndrome: A Literature Review Jain, Ashish Yagnik, K Hussain, Khandakar M Naik, Sarvesh Sharma, Tanvi Shahab, Asna Khilan, Muhammad Haroon Cureus Cardiology Brugada syndrome (BrS) is an inherited arrhythmia syndrome in which asymptomatic patients tend to develop fatal arrhythmias leading to sudden cardiac death (SCD) in asymptomatic or undiagnosed cases. This review tries to shed light on pyrexia being one of the triggers to cause SCD secondary to fatal arrhythmias in patients of BrS. Pyrexia, electrolyte imbalance, alcohol intake, and drugs are common triggering factors for fatal arrhythmias in patients with BrS. Most patients are asymptomatic, while the most common form of presentation that brings the patient under medical attention is syncope or SCD. Hence, patients, especially young, who present with syncope or aborted episode of SCD with typical EKG patterns, should undergo further workup. It is essential to educate patients about the condition, possible triggers, and the importance of refraining them. Cureus 2022-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8942134/ /pubmed/35371667 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22489 Text en Copyright © 2022, Jain et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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