Europace Advance Access originally published online on August 3, 2006
Europace 2006 8(10):899-900; doi:10.1093/europace/eul087
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ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
Negative flecainide test in Brugada syndrome patients with previous positive response
Laboratory of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, La Paz University Hospital, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain
Class I antiarrhythmic drug infusion has been established as the standard test to unmask Brugada syndrome. This report presents two patients with Brugada syndrome with positive flecainide response which was not reproducible in a subsequent test.
Key Words: Flecainide, Brugada syndrome, Electrocardiogram
* Corresponding author. Tel: +34 91 727 75 64; fax: +34 91 727 75 64. E-mail address: jlmerino{at}secardiologia.es