A 34-year-old man of Southeast Asian ancestry is brought to the emergency department after an episode of nocturnal syncope. His brother died suddenly at age 30. ECG shows pseudo-right bundle branch block and coved ST-segment elevations in leads V1 through V3. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

  1. A)Acute anterior myocardial infarction
  2. B)Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
  3. C)Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
  4. D)Brugada syndromeGABARITO
  5. E)Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Explicação

This patient has Brugada syndrome, an inherited sodium channelopathy associated with ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. The characteristic ECG pattern is coved ST-segment elevation in V1 to V3 with a pseudo-right bundle branch block pattern, often in st... Ver explicação completa e trilha adaptativa →

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