Spontaneous T wave alternans and premature ventricular contractions during febrile illness in a patient with Brugada syndrome

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2002 Aug;13(8):816-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00816.x.

Abstract

A 69-year-old man who had experienced syncope and ventricular fibrillation was referred to our hospital. ECG showed a right bundle branch block pattern with ST segment elevation in the right precordial leads. When the patient presented to the hospital with febrile illness, spontaneous T wave alternans and premature ventricular contractions were observed. When the patient became afebrile, ST segment elevation improved, and T wave alternans and premature ventricular contractions disappeared.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bundle-Branch Block / complications*
  • Electrocardiography*
  • Fever / complications*
  • Humans
  • Long QT Syndrome / complications
  • Long QT Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Syncope / complications
  • Syndrome
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / complications
  • Ventricular Premature Complexes / etiology*