Simultaneous ST-segment elevation in inferior and precordial leads following ingestion of a lethal dose of desipramine: A novel Brugada-like EKG pattern

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-38

  Sheikh, Mujeeb ^a   Kanjwal, Khalil ^a   Kasmani, Rahil ^b   Chutani, Surendra ^a   Maloney, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugada variant; Desipramine; EKG

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BICARBONATE; CREATININE; DESIPRAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEATH; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE SOUND; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETHAL DOSE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MYDRIASIS; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PR PROLONGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE RATE; QRS WIDENING; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUICIDE; T WAVE INVERSION; TACHYCARDIA;

BRUGADA SYNDROME; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DESIPRAMINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77954952554     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-009-9412-9     Document Type: Article

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