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Can an ecg/echo detect susceptibility to long qt or brugada in flecainide use before it occurs. prevention rather than cure!
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Long qt: felcainide can make Brugada sign obvious, before staring that med, you always need baseline ECG to make sure you don't have Brugada. Flecainide is used in some patients with LQTS for treatment,.
Answered 7/19/2015
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