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Document Details : Title: Brugada syndrome presenting as an acute coronary syndrome Author(s): I. Buysschaert , R. De Rybel , K. Dujardin Journal: Acta Cardiologica Volume: 68 Issue: 5 Date: 2013 Pages: 521-523 DOI: 10.2143/AC.68.5.2994478 Abstract : Syncope, non-specific ST-segment alterations and elevated troponin (cTn) are suspicious of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). While an ACS is excluded when the coronary angiogram returns normal, the raised cTn should prompt a search for other potentially lethal diseases, such as pulmonary embolism, myocarditis or malignant ventricular arrhythmias. Here we describe a 42-year-old man presenting with syncope, ST-segment elevation, cTn rise and a normal angiogram. He was ultimately diagnosed with Brugada syndrome. |
