Brugada Pattern: Unraveling Possible Cardiac Manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Joana Esteves; Pilar Barbeito; Francisca M. Pereira; Maria Teresa Boncoraglio; Daniel G. Oliveira; Joana Braga; Carolina Veiga
- Source
- Journal of Medical Cases
- Subject
- 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
Fever
Pyelonephritis
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
business.industry
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Brugada pattern
COVID-19
Case Report
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
medicine.disease
High fever
Sudden cardiac death
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Immunology
Vomiting
Medicine
cardiovascular diseases
030212 general & internal medicine
medicine.symptom
Family history
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1923-4163
1923-4155
We report the case of a 41-year-old patient with no family history of sudden cardiac death. The patient presented with high fever and vomiting and was diagnosed with acute pyelonephritis. Screening for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection was positive. An electrocardiogram (ECG) performed during a fever episode revealed a Brugada pattern. Fever can be a trigger for induction of the electrocardiographic Brugada pattern but it is still unknown if the cardiac involvement by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can interfere with myocardial ion channels.