Negative flecainide test in Brugada syndrome patients with previous positive response

Mauricio Abello; José L Merino; Rafael Peinado; Mariana Gnoatto

doi:10.1093/europace/eul087

Negative flecainide test in Brugada syndrome patients with previous positive response

Europace. 2006 Oct;8(10):899-900. doi: 10.1093/europace/eul087. Epub 2006 Aug 3.

Authors

Mauricio Abello¹, José L Merino, Rafael Peinado, Mariana Gnoatto

Affiliation

¹ Laboratory of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, La Paz University Hospital, Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 16887868
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul087

Abstract

Class I antiarrhythmic drug infusion has been established as the standard test to unmask Brugada syndrome. This report presents two patients with Brugada syndrome with positive flecainide response which was not reproducible in a subsequent test.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents*
Brugada Syndrome / diagnosis*
Brugada Syndrome / physiopathology
Electrocardiography
Female
Flecainide*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Reproducibility of Results

Substances

Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
Flecainide