Brugada phenocopy is a new electrocardiogram phenomenon which is a Brugada-like pattern in ECG which has varied etiologies. It differs from true Brugada’s syndrome in lacking the presence of underlying inherited channelopathy. Also the etiologies are reversible conditions. Once the reversible condition resolves, the Brugada phenocopy on ECG also disappears. Here we report a rare case of Brugada phenocopy as a covert expression of Yellow Oleander (Thevetia peruviana) seeds poisoning.

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Dr Bigyan K. Kapardar

Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India