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Case Report: Lacosamide unmasking SCN5A-associated Brugada syndrome in a young female with epilepsy

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

During the intravenous lacosamide infusion, the patient developed sudden cardiac arrest caused by ventricular arrhythmias necessitating resuscitation. Of note, the patient had a family history of sudden cardiac death.

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Is This a Simple Right Bundle Branch Block?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

So don't wait for the laboratory K or you might be resuscitating a cardiac arrest ( see the case with ECGs #3 and #4 of this post ). In this study of consecutive patients with LBBB who were hospitalized and had an echocardiogram , 13% had a QRS duration greater than 170 ms, and only 1% had a duration greater than 190 ms.

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Critical Left Main

EMS 12-Lead

Echocardiogram findings (pre-procedure) 1. Mitral valve calcification with mild regurgitation Laboratory data (pre-procedure) 1. Had such been the case, this patient would likely have been a prehospital cardiac arrest, or have been in profound cardiogenic shock at the time of ED arrival. Stage II diastolic dysfunction 3.

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