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ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2025

Resuscitated cardiac arrest due to Brugada syndrome in an Ethiopian man: a case report.

Mehariw Wondim Netsere, Zekarias Seifu Ayalew, Wubalem Belay, Henok Benti, Seifu Bacha, Anteneh Meselu, Asteway Mulat Haile, Kibret Enyew Belay

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Mehariw Wondim NetsereDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Zekarias Seifu AyalewDepartment of Internal Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Wubalem BelayDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Henok BentiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Seifu BachaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Anteneh MeseluDepartment of Internal Medicine, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Asteway Mulat HaileDepartment of Internal Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Kibret Enyew BelayDepartment of Internal Medicine, Bahirdar University, Mota Road St, Bahirdar, 6000, Ethiopia. kibret.enyew@bdu.edu.et.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7943-0147

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backgroundBrugada syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder that is generally rare but can potentially cause life-threatening arrhythmia, sudden cardiac arrest, or death in young adults with structurally normal hearts. It is characterized by coved-type ST-segment elevation with T-wave inversion and with or without a right bundle branch block. CASE PRESENTATION: A 42-year-old Ethiopian man presented with two episodes of loss of consciousness followed by palpitations and experienced documented in-hospital cardiac arrest due to ventricular tachycardia, which was successfully resuscitated. A diagnosis of Brugada syndrome was made after a typical electrocardiogram finding was noted postresuscitation.

conclusionAlthough rare, Brugada syndrome is not nonexistent in the Black population, and it should be considered in young adults presenting with syncope, sudden cardiac arrest, or death in otherwise structurally normal hearts.

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Brugada SyndromeCardiopulmonary ResuscitationHeart ArrestTachycardia, VentricularAdultElectrocardiographyEthiopiaHeart RateHumansMaleTreatment OutcomeArrhythmiaBrugada syndromeCardiac arrestElectrocardiogramEthiopia

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