Brugada syndrome is associated with scar and endocardial involvement: Insights from high-density mapping with the Rhythmia™ mapping system
Author(s) -
Rui Providência,
Pedro Carmo,
Francisco Moscoso Costa,
Diogo Cavaco,
Francisco Morgado,
Maurício Scanavacca,
Pedro Adragão
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
revista portuguesa de cardiologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2174-2030
pISSN - 0870-2551
DOI - 10.1016/j.repc.2017.08.004
Subject(s) - brugada syndrome , endocardium , medicine , catheter ablation , ablation , cardiology , ventricular fibrillation
The authors report the first catheter ablation of Brugada syndrome in the literature using the Rhythmia™ mapping system. Learning points include: (1) low voltage areas can be documented while mapping in some individuals, suggesting that Brugada syndrome may not be a pure ion channel disorder; (2) typical long fractionated potentials can also be identified in the endocardium, supporting the need to map the endocardium in all Brugada patients requiring ablation; (3) disappearance of the typical coved pattern following ablation does not necessarily predict cure, as the patient we present experienced ventricular fibrillation recurrence a few months later.
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