Does anyone have any cardiology experience of ......................BRUGADA TEST.............????

[RTKangaMummy]

Kangaboy is having one tomorrow and so I wanted to know if anyone had any experience of them?

Please

Does anybody know anything about them?

Thanks TrickOrTref

I know it is because of his fainting/convulsions

but I am not really sure what happens apart from it is a day case in electrocardiophysiology dept.

And then he has a 24 hour heart monitor thingy

oooh don't know but is it to measure the electrical activity iin the heart? if so my dad is having one in 2 weeks-similar thing. passing out!

this is all i could find.

Provocation tests (Ajmaline, flecainide and adenosine tests)
You may be asked to have this test if your doctor suspects Brugada Syndrome. While you are having an ECG test you will be given an injection of ajmaline or flecainide (antiarrhythmic drugs). The test may show changes on the ECG that are typical of one of the channelopathies.

A fine plastic tube is inserted into a vein at the front of your elbow. The drug is injected over a short period of time (5-10 minutes) and you will be monitored for 20 minutes or a few hours afterwards, depending on the drug used. There is, however, a risk in 1 in 200 Brugada Syndrome carriers or their immediate blood relatives of causing a potentially life-threatening arrhythmia during the injection. The test is therefore always performed with appropriate facilities to protect patients from this risk. Ajmaline is preferable as it lasts a shorter period of time in the circulation.

Adenosine (another short-acting chemical) is given under the same circumstances if Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW) is considered a possible diagnosis

Blimey it sounds a bit scarey

iuts on a very scary site. sorry RTKM.

hopefully he will get a clear result.

Thanks misdee

It is better to be warned beforehand

Do you know if the 24 hour monitor alerts {bleeping} if something happens with his heart when he is at home or at school?

He is going to go back into school after the hospital

His monitor when he was a baby would beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep if something went wrong like bradys etc.

i'm not sure. peters holter didnt, it was just a tape recording. then they go through it all at the hospital to listen out for any funny rhtyms.

Oke doke

I guess they won't let him leave the electrocardiophysiology/children's ward until it is safe for him

Best of luck RTKM and kangaboy.

Thanks Marina

I am really nervous and scared

Has anyone got experience of the BRUGADA test?

Anyone?