Use of therapeutic hypothermia and extracorporeal life support after an unusual response to the ajmaline challenge in a patient with Brugada syndrome

Journal of Cardiology Cases

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-38

  Moreno, Jacobo ^a   Magaldi, Marta ^a   Fontanals, Jaume ^a   Gómez, Lidia ^a   Berne, Paola ^a   Berruezo, Antonio ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ajmaline; Brugada syndrome; Extracorporeal life support; Mild therapeutic hypothermia; Refractory cardiac arrest

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AJMALINE; BICARBONATE; FLECAINIDE; GLUCONATE CALCIUM; ISOPRENALINE; LIPID EMULSION; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIAC RESUSCITATOR; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION DEVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; PARESTHESIA; POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REHABILITATION CENTER; RESUSCITATION; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

EID: 84903534946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18785409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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