The relevance of electrocardiogram filtering in the differential diagnosis of Brugada syndrome: An illustrative case report

Cardiol Young. 2024 Jan;34(1):221-223. doi: 10.1017/S1047951123003992. Epub 2023 Dec 1.

Abstract

We present a clinical case of a teenager in whom a Brugada syndrome electrical pattern was found which was finally diagnosed as a Brugada phenocopy due to a wrong setup of the high-pass filter on the electrocardiogram.

Keywords: Brugada syndrome; arrhythmia; sudden death.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Brugada Syndrome* / diagnosis
  • Brugada Syndrome* / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Phenotype