TY - JOUR
T1 - Loperamide Mimicking Brugada Pattern
AU - Rojas, Stephanie Fuentes
AU - Oglat, Ayah
AU - Bonilla, Hilda Mariana Gonzalez
AU - Jeroudi, Omar
AU - Sharp, Whitney
AU - Valderrábano, Miguel
AU - Schurmann, Paul Antonio
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PY - 2018/10/1
Y1 - 2018/10/1
N2 - Brugada syndrome is an inherited arrhythmia that increases a patient's risk of sudden cardiac death. Certain pharmacologic agents may induce a transient Brugada pattern on surface electrocardiogram (EKG). One of these is loperamide, an over-the-counter agent commonly used to manage diarrhea. We report the case of a patient who experienced EKG changes that mimicked Brugada pattern after excessive intake of loperamide.
AB - Brugada syndrome is an inherited arrhythmia that increases a patient's risk of sudden cardiac death. Certain pharmacologic agents may induce a transient Brugada pattern on surface electrocardiogram (EKG). One of these is loperamide, an over-the-counter agent commonly used to manage diarrhea. We report the case of a patient who experienced EKG changes that mimicked Brugada pattern after excessive intake of loperamide.
KW - Brugada
KW - arrhythmia
KW - loperamide
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U2 - 10.14797/mdcj-14-4-e1
DO - 10.14797/mdcj-14-4-e1
M3 - Article
C2 - 30788023
AN - SCOPUS:85061973479
SN - 1947-6094
VL - 14
SP - e1-e3
JO - Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal
JF - Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal
IS - 4
ER -