Quinidine: an “Endangered Species” Drug Appropriate for Management of Electrical Storm in Brugada Syndrome

Quinidine: an “Endangered Species” Drug Appropriate for Management of Electrical Storm in Brugada Syndrome

Brugada syndrome is an inherited channelopathy associated with an increased risk of syncope and sudden cardiac death. In rare cases it can be manifested with electrical storm. We report two cases of Brugada syndrome that presented with electrical storm and were treated successfully with oral quinidi...

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Main Authors: Stelios Paraskevaidis, MD, PhD, Efstratios K. Theofilogiannakos, MD, PhD, Vasileios Kamperidis, MD, Yiannis S. Chatzizisis, MD, PhD, Konstantinos Tsilonis, MD, Vassilios P. Vassilikos, MD, PhD, George Dakos, MD, PhD, George Stavropoulos, MD, Antonios Ziakas, MD, PhD, Stavros Hadjimiltiades, MD, PhD, Ioannis H. Styliadis, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-09-01
Series:Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
Subjects:
Brugada syndrome
electrical storm
quinidine
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