{"id":60997,"date":"2023-10-17T19:55:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/?p=60997"},"modified":"2024-02-03T10:01:57","modified_gmt":"2024-02-03T04:31:57","slug":"how-does-fever-precipitate-arrhythmia-in-brugada-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/how-does-fever-precipitate-arrhythmia-in-brugada-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Fever Precipitate Arrhythmia in Brugada Syndrome?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">How Does Fever Precipitate Arrhythmia in Brugada Syndrome?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In Brugada syndrome dysfunctional voltage gated sodium channels Na<sub>V<\/sub>1.5 have delayed activation and earlier inactivation. This leads to shortening of action potential duration. There is additional shortening of action potential duration at higher temperatures. This is the proposed mechanism of precipitation of arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome during febrile episodes. That is why prompt treatment of fever is an important preventive strategy to be deployed in those with Brugada syndrome.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Reference<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Krahn AD, Behr ER, Hamilton R, Probst V, Laksman Z, Han HC. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35331438\/\">Brugada Syndrome<\/a>. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2022 Mar;8(3):386-405. doi: 10.1016\/j.jacep.2021.12.001. PMID: 35331438.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Does Fever Precipitate Arrhythmia in Brugada Syndrome? In Brugada syndrome dysfunctional voltage gated sodium channels NaV1.5 have delayed activation and earlier inactivation. This leads to shortening of action potential duration. There is additional shortening of action potential duration at higher temperatures. This is the proposed mechanism of precipitation of arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How Does Fever Precipitate Arrhythmia in Brugada Syndrome? - All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/how-does-fever-precipitate-arrhythmia-in-brugada-syndrome\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Does Fever Precipitate Arrhythmia in Brugada Syndrome? - All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How Does Fever Precipitate Arrhythmia in Brugada Syndrome? 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