Exercise-induced syncope and Brugada syndrome

Autor: Anjan S Batra, Rachel Watson, Anthony C McCanta
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 292-294 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0974-2069
DOI: 10.4103/apc.APC_131_18
Popis: Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a hereditary condition that is characterized by ST elevation, ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation, and sudden cardiac death in otherwise healthy patients. Life-threatening arrhythmias generally occur, while at rest, with fever or during vagotonic states. Exercise is generally not considered a trigger for ventricular arrhythmias or syncope in patients with BrS. We describe a patient who presented with exercise-induced syncope, ventricular tachycardia during an exercise test, and was found to be both genotypically and phenotypically positive for BrS. This case highlights a potentially important role of exercise testing in diagnosing and risk stratifying certain patients with BrS.
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