Daniella Rakotoniaina Masinarivo, Anjaramalala Rasolonjatovo, Freddie Raveloson, Solofonirina Rakotoarimanana, Nirina Rabearivony
Service de Cardiologie, CHU Joseph Raseta Befelatanana, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Service des Urgences et Soins Intensifs en Cardiologie, CHU Joseph Raseta Befelatanana, Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Pan Afr Med J. 2016 Oct 18;25:95. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.25.95.9442. eCollection 2016.
The aim of this case study was to evaluate electrocardiographic diagnosis of Brugada syndrome. Our study involved a 43-year old man of Indian origin coming for consultation due to acute chest pain. The patient suffered from untreated stage 2 hypertension and had a family history of sudden death (his father died at the age of 40 years). ECG showed an incomplete right bundle-branch block with descendant displacement of the ST segment dome-shaped at right precordial level; coronary angiography was normal, which led us to the diagnosis of type I Brugada syndrome. The patient underwent implantation of an implantable automatic defibrillator in Reunion Island and regular follow-up.
