August 5, 2008Annals of Internal Medicine

Fever Increases the Risk for Cardiac Arrest in the Brugada Syndrome

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Why the study?

Does fever increase the risk for cardiac arrest in patients with Brugada syndrome?

Population

Patients with Brugada syndrome

Authors

AAAhmad S. AminElectrophysiology PMPaola G. MeregalliAmsterdam University Medical Centers ABAbdennasser BardaiAmsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam

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Implication

Fever may trigger arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome; hypothesis-generating cross-sectional data requiring prospective confirmation before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does fever increase the risk for cardiac arrest in patients with Brugada syndrome?

Population

Patients with Brugada syndrome (a familial arrhythmia leading to syncope or sudden death in young adults with structurally normal hearts, with 18% to 30% carrying loss-of-function mutations in SCN5A)

Intervention

Fever

Outcome

Cardiac arrest and preceding electrocardiographic (ECG) changes (ST-segment elevation)hard clinical

Fever is identified as a potential trigger for characteristic ECG changes and cardiac arrest in patients with Brugada syndrome.

Cite This Study

Amin et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7dd4bad491aa75eb151139 https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-149-3-200808050-00020

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Fever may trigger arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome; hypothesis-generating cross-sectional data requiring prospective confirmation before practice change.

Fever Increases the Risk for Cardiac Arrest in the Brugada Syndrome

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Fever Increases the Risk for Cardiac Arrest in the Brugada Syndrome

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