Procainamide infusion in the evaluation of unexplained cardiac arrest: From the Cardiac Arrest Survivors with Preserved Ejection Fraction Registry (CASPER)

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5960910	Heart Rhythm	2014	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Irrespective of the baseline ECG, procainamide testing provoked a Brugada pattern in a significant proportion of subjects with UCA or a FHSD, thereby facilitating a diagnosis of Brugada syndrome, and is recommended in the workup of UCA.

Keywords

CASPER CMR HICs SCD ECG electrocardiogram Brugada pattern Cardiac magnetic resonance Cardiac arrest Uca Ventricular tachycardia polymorphic ventricular tachycardia ICD Brugada syndrome Sudden death Sudden cardiac death Procainamide Genetics Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

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Procainamide infusion in the evaluation of unexplained cardiac arrest: From the Cardiac Arrest Survivors with Preserved Ejection Fraction Registry (CASPER)

Authors

Riyaz PhD, MRCP, Andrew D. MD, Jeffrey S. MD, Vijay S. MD, David H. MD, Jean MD, Shubhayan MD, Paul MD, Robert M. MD, Santabhanu MD, Brenda MD, Raymond MD, Allan C. MD, Lorne J. MD, Peter MD, George J. MD, Michael H. MD, Mario MD, Christopher S. MD,