Marcapasos desfibrilador automático implantable en familiares con síndrome de Brugada / Implantable automatic defibrillator pacemaker in relatives with Brugada syndrome
Medisan
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15(11)nov. 2011. ilus
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-616411
RESUMEN
Uno de los integrantes de una familia de 5 miembros, de procedencia urbana, acudió a consulta una semana antes de su ingreso en el Servicio de Cardiología por presentar cuadros de sudoración, decaimiento y ocasionalmente palpitaciones. En el centro hospitalario se le diagnosticó un síndrome de Brugada a través del electrocardiograma, confirmado después mediante el estudio electrofisiológico; hallazgo que también se corroboró en un pariente cercano. Se colocaron 2 marcapasos desfibriladores automáticos a sendos hermanos y otros 2 familiares fueron dados de alta de la institución.
ABSTRACT
One of the subjects of a family composed of 5 members, from an urban area, went to a medical department of the Cardiology Service a week before being hospitalized due to perspiration events, dwindles, and occasionally heart racing. At the hospital center, he was diagnosed Brugada syndrome through a cardiogram, subsequently confirmed by electrophysiological study. This finding was also observed in a close relative. Two automatic defibrillator pacemakers were placed in both brothers. Two other relatives were discharged from the medical institution.
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Main subject:
Biological Clocks
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Family
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Defibrillators, Implantable
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Electrocardiography
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Brugada Syndrome
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medisan
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital General Docente Doctor Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso/CU
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Hospital Provincial Ginecoobstétrico Mariana Grajales Coello/CU
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