Abstract

A 37-year-old man lost consciousness suddenly due to ventricular fibrillation (VF). After cardioversion, twelve-lead ECG showed a pattern characteristic of type 1 Brugada. An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) was implanted for Brugada syndrome. In the following three years, VF occurred eight times after consumption of alcohol. Association between the Brugada syndrome and alcohol consumption has rarely been reported. Recently, it was reported that alcohol has inhibitory effect on single cardiac sodium channel gating and it may be that alcohol acted as a sodium channel blocker in this patient. Here we report a case of alcohol-induced VF in Brugada syndrome.

Details

Title
Alcohol-induced Ventricular Fibrillation in Brugada Syndrome
Author
Hayashi, Takekuni 1 ; Mitani, Haruo 2 ; Goto, Kosaku 2 ; Ishimura, Rieko 2 ; Tao, Susumu 2 ; Ito, Sachiko 2 ; Masuda, Jun 2 ; Fujimoto, Hajime 2 ; Fujimoto, Yo 2 ; Ishiwata, Sugao 2 ; Yamaguchi, Tetsu 2 ; Ohno, Minoru 2 

 Department of Cardiology, Saitama Medical Center Jichi Medical University 
 Department of Cardiology, Toranomon Hospital 
Pages
32-35
Section
Case Reports
Publication year
2009
Publication date
Jan 2009
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN
1880-4276
e-ISSN
1883-2148
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3074761902
Copyright
© 2009. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.