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Case report: unmasked Brugada pattern in a post-arrest patient after ketamine induction for intubation in the emergency department

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  1. Emergency Medicine Residency Program, University of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Rod Vafaei

  2. Division of Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Markus B. Sikkel

  3. Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Markus B. Sikkel & Jacob Wilkins

  4. Division of Cardiology, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Coronation Annex, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Markus B. Sikkel

  5. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Jacob Wilkins

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Vafaei, R., Sikkel, M.B. & Wilkins, J. Case report: unmasked Brugada pattern in a post-arrest patient after ketamine induction for intubation in the emergency department. Can J Emerg Med 26, 62–64 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00596-x

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