Transient Brugada phenocopy during evolving ischemic right bundle branch block
Author(s) -
Federico FerrandoCastagnetto,
Álvaro Rivara,
Gustavo Vignolo,
Roberto Ricca-Mallada,
Adrián Baranchuk
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2332-7251
pISSN - 2332-7243
DOI - 10.5430/crim.v4n1p8
Subject(s) - phenocopy , medicine , brugada syndrome , cardiology , percutaneous coronary intervention , right bundle branch block , acute coronary syndrome , bundle branch block , chest pain , st elevation , right coronary artery , electrocardiography , myocardial infarction , coronary angiography , biochemistry , chemistry , mutant , gene
A “Brugada phenocopy” (BrP) is a clinical presentation exhibiting the same electrocardiographic characteristics of true Brugada syndrome (BrS) in different clinical scenarios. We report the clinical case of a 59-year-old male patient with acute chest pain depicting BrP followed by extensive convex ST-segment elevation due to proximal thrombosis of the left descending coronary artery. Following successful percutaneous intervention and drug-eluting stent implantation, a classical right bundle branch block pattern emerged. We discussed possible mechanism and clinical implications of this unusual electrical sequence during acute myocardial injury.
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