Brugada syndrome in a 4-year-old child with Lemierre syndrome-A case report

Sami Alanazi; Hussain Moafa; Faleh Al-Qahtani; Tahir Hameed

doi:10.1016/j.jsha.2017.06.006

Brugada syndrome in a 4-year-old child with Lemierre syndrome-A case report

J Saudi Heart Assoc. 2018 Apr;30(2):150-152. doi: 10.1016/j.jsha.2017.06.006. Epub 2017 Jul 3.

Authors

Sami Alanazi¹, Hussain Moafa², Faleh Al-Qahtani², Tahir Hameed^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, King Abdullah Specialized Children's Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaaSaudi Arabia.
² Division of Pediatric Cardiology, King Abdulaziz Cardiac Centre, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiabSaudi Arabia.
³ College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiacSaudi Arabia.

Abstract

Brugada syndrome is a rare arrhythmogenic disease with characteristic electrocardiogram (ECG) findings. Fever represents an important triggering factor. We report the case of a 4-year-old Saudi boy who was diagnosed with Lemierre syndrome and subsequently developed Brugada syndrome.

Keywords: Brugada syndrome; Channelopathy; Lemierre syndrome.