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
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0972629216306702

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author	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
spellingShingle	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 Quinidine: an “Endangered Species” Drug Appropriate for Management of Electrical Storm in Brugada Syndrome Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal Brugada syndrome electrical storm quinidine
author_facet	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
author_sort	Stelios Paraskevaidis, MD, PhD
title	Quinidine: an “Endangered Species” Drug Appropriate for Management of Electrical Storm in Brugada Syndrome
title_short	Quinidine: an “Endangered Species” Drug Appropriate for Management of Electrical Storm in Brugada Syndrome
title_full	Quinidine: an “Endangered Species” Drug Appropriate for Management of Electrical Storm in Brugada Syndrome
title_fullStr	Quinidine: an “Endangered Species” Drug Appropriate for Management of Electrical Storm in Brugada Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed	Quinidine: an “Endangered Species” Drug Appropriate for Management of Electrical Storm in Brugada Syndrome
title_sort	quinidine: an “endangered species” drug appropriate for management of electrical storm in brugada syndrome
publisher	Elsevier
series	Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
issn	0972-6292
publishDate	2013-09-01
description	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 quinidine, an "endangered species" drug.
topic	Brugada syndrome electrical storm quinidine
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0972629216306702
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Quinidine: an “Endangered Species” Drug Appropriate for Management of Electrical Storm in Brugada Syndrome

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