Ablation of a life-threatening arrhythmia in a patient with Brugada syndrome

Authors

  • Omnia Kamel Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt.
  • Wessam Gamal Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt.
  • Aliaa Tarek Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt.
  • Walaa Ibrahim Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt.
  • Mohamed Sayed Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt.
  • Josep Brugada Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Spain.
  • Javier Moreno Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2021.4

Abstract

Brugada syndrome is an autosomal dominant arrhythmogenic disease associated with an increased risk of ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death. The mainstay of treatment in high-risk patients is an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), however radiofrequency ablation has been proposed over the past decade as an additional therapy in patients with recurrent ICD firing.
We report a case of Brugada syndrome with an electrical storm which was successfully managed by radiofrequency ablation.

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Published

2021-04-30

Issue

Vol. 2021 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Research articles

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