Diagnostic dilemmas: Overlapping features of Brugada syndrome and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Mark G. Hoogendijk*

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Abstract

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and Brugada syndrome are distinct clinical entities which diagnostic criteria exclude their coexistence in individual patients. ARVC is a myocardial disorder characterized by fibro-fatty replacement of the myocardium and ventricular arrhythmias. In contrast, the Brugada syndrome has long been considered a functional cardiac disorder: no gross structural abnormalities can be identified in the majority of patients and its electrocardiographic hallmark of coved-type ST-segment elevation in right precordial leads is dynamic. Nonetheless, a remarkable overlap in clinical features has been demonstrated between these conditions. This review focuses on this overlap and discusses its potential causes and consequences.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberArticle 144
JournalFrontiers in Physiology
Volume3 MAY
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 May 2012

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