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Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Brugada syndrome is thought to account for about one fourth of sudden cardiac deaths in individuals with structurally normal heart. This is mainly to account for the individual variation in anatomical location of right ventricular outflow tract, the main location of electrophysiological abnormalities in Brugada syndrome.

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Inferior ST elevation with reciprocal change: which of these 4 patients has Occlusion MI?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

First Troponin I was <2 and peak was 8, echo showed subtle apical lateral hypokinesis, CRP was elevated, and patient was discharged with a diagnosis of regional pericarditis. In this case, there would be evolution, but the evolution would be typical of pericarditis (if the diagnosis of pericarditis was accurate!!