title: Early Repolarisation - What Should the Clinician Do?
abstract: The early repolarisation (ER) pattern is a common ECG finding. Most individuals with the ER pattern are at minimal risk for arrhythmic events. In others, ER increases the arrhythmic risk of underlying cardiac pathology. Rarely ER syndrome will manifest as a primary arrhythmogenic disorder causing ventricular fibrillation (VF). ER syndrome is defined as syncope attributed to ventricular arrhythmias or cardiac arrest attributed to ER following systematic exclusion of other etiologies. Some ECG features associated with ER portend a higher risk. However, clinically useful risk-stratifying tools to identify the asymptomatic patient at high risk are lacking. Patients with asymptomatic ER and no family history of malignant ER should be reassured. All patients with ER should continue to have modifiable cardiac risk factors addressed. Symptomatic patients should be systematically investigated, directed by symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Cabrini and Epworth Healthcare Groups, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Manoj N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Obeyesekere
authors.affiliation: The Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Krahn
keywords: Early repolarisation; idiopathic ventricular fibrillation
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