Brugada Syndrome with Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death Related to Liquorice-Induced Hypokalemia
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Brugada syndrome with aborted sudden cardiac death related to liquorice-induced hypokalemia.
OBJECTIVE It was the aim of this study to report an aborted cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation and electrocardiographic changes consistent with Brugada syndrome due to liquorice-induced hypokalemia. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION Ventricular fibrillation was witnessed in a 50-year-old woman who was admitted to our emergency department with a history of liquorice ingestion,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Principles and Practice
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1011-7571,1423-0151
DOI: 10.1159/000320309