?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=May+Fever+Trigger+Ventricular+Fibrillation%3F&rft.creator=Pasqui%C3%A9%2C+Jean+Luc&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=The+clinical+precipitants+of+ventricular+fibrillation+(VF)+remain+poorly+understood.+Clinical+factors+such+as+hypoxemia%2C+acidosis+or+electrolyte+imbalance%2C+drug-related+toxicity%2C+autonomic+nervous+system+disorders+as+well+as+viral+myocarditis+have+been+proposed+to+be+associated+with+sudden+cardiac+death+particularly+in+patients+with+structural+heart+disease.+However%2C+In+the+Brugada+syndrome%2C+concurrent+febrile+illness+has+been+reported+to+unmask+the+electrocardiographic+features+of+the+Brugada+syndrome+and+be+associated+with+an+increased+propensity+for+VF.+More+recently%2C+a+febrile+illnesses+of+infectious+etiology+was+associated+to+polymorphic+ventricular+tachycardia+or+VF+in+patients+with+normal+hearts+and+without+known+repolarization+abnormality.++In+this+review+we+detail+this+phenomenon+and+its+putative+mechanisms.+++++++++&rft.publisher=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Group&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.contributor=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.contributor=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.contributor=Gupta%2C+Anup&rft.date=2005-04&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4221%2F1%2Fpasquie.htm&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4221%2F2%2Fpasquie.pdf&rft.identifier=++Pasqui%C3%A9%2C+Jean+Luc++(2005)+May+Fever+Trigger+Ventricular+Fibrillation%3F++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4221%2F