title: Brugada phenocopy in a patient with pectus excavatum: systematic review of the ECG manifestations associated with pectus excavatum.
abstract: Brugada phenocopies (BrP) have emerged as new clinical entities that are etiologically distinct from true Brugada syndrome (BrS). BrP are characterized by an ECG pattern that is phenotypically identical to true BrS (type 1 or type 2); however, BrP are caused by various other factors such as mechanical mediastinal compression, myocardial ischemia, pericarditis, myocarditis, pulmonary embolism, and metabolic disturbances. We report a case of an electrocardiographic BrP in a patient with pectus excavatum deformity in the absence of true BrS using currently defined BrP diagnostic criteria. A systematic review of ECG manifestations associated with pectus excavatum is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Electrophysiology and Pacing, Queen's University, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Sara F M
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Awad
authors.forename: Raimundo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Barbosa-Barros
authors.forename: Lucia de Sousa
authors.initials: Lde S
authors.lastname: Belem
authors.forename: Camila Pinto
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Cavalcante
authors.forename: Andrés Ricardo Pérez
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Riera
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garcia-Niebla
authors.forename: Daniel D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Anselm
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baranchuk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D053840:Brugada Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Brugada phenocopy; Brugada syndrome; pectus excavatum
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