Syncope after COVID-19 Vaccination in a Young Man with Unmasking Brugada Syndrome

Takafumi Okuyama; Tomoyuki Kabutoya; Yuki Gonda; Kana Kubota Kashihara; Yasushi Imai; Yuji Morisawa; Kazuomi Kario

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.1250-22

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Syncope after COVID-19 Vaccination in a Young Man with Unmasking Brugada Syndrome

Takafumi Okuyama, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Yuki Gonda, Kana Kubota Kashihara, Yasushi Imai, Yuji Morisawa, Kazuomi Kario

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Keywords: Electrocardiography, electrophysiological examination, ventricular fibrillation, fever

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS Advance online publication

Article ID: 1250-22

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1250-22

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 62 (2023), No. 8 pp. 1191-1194

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Abstract

A 23-year-old man with no significant medical history was rushed to a hospital due to transient loss of consciousness with incontinence. The patient had developed a fever after his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine, and the patient was found groaning in bed approximately 40 hours after the vaccination in the early morning. The patient was diagnosed with Brugada syndrome (BrS) based on a drug-provocation test. His father had been diagnosed with BrS and died suddenly at 51 years of age. Young adults with a family history of BrS should be cautioned about fever following COVID-19 vaccination.

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