Brugada syndrome as the cause of syncope in a 49-year-old man.
We report the case of a 49-year-old man in whom a diagnosis of Brugada syndrome was made after he presented to the emergency department for evaluation of a syncopal episode. The diagnosis was made by ECG changes, after the characteristic findings of peculiar downsloping ST-segment elevation in leads V(1) and V(2) and QRS morphology resembling a right bundle branch block were identified. Emergency physician recognition of this syndrome and its ECG findings is essential, because without treatment the incidence of sudden cardiac death in these patients is high.
From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Grant Hospital,(*) and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Doctors Hospital,(‡) Columbus, OH.
Robert
R
Jones
From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Grant Hospital,(*) and the Department of Emergency Medicine, Doctors Hospital,(‡) Columbus, OH.
Anita
A
Gage
D000328:Adult; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*