Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Spontaneous or Inducible Ventricular Fibrillation Without Apparent Heart Disease Presenting with J Wave and ST Segment Elevation in Inferior Leads
- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
- Vol. 11 (8) , 844-848
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00062.x
Abstract
Ventricular Fibrillation with J Wave in Inferior Leads. Introduction: The clinical characteristics of three patients with spontaneous or inducible ventricular fibrillation (VF) without apparent heart disease, who presented with J wave and ST segment elevation in inferior leads, are described. Methods and Results: All patients were male and experienced syncope. Their symptoms occurred at night or early in the morning. Holter ECG revealed infrequent premature ventricular complexes. Injection with disopyramide 2 mg/kg augmented ST segment elevation. Conclusion: These characteristics were very similar to those of patients with Brugada syndrome. These three patients with these specific features might have a variant of Brugada syndrome.Keywords
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