Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in a Patient With Brugada ECG Pattern and Mutation of PKP2 and DSP Genes

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015 Apr;8(2):505-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.002342.

Authors

Mathias Forkmann¹, Jakub Tomala², Yan Huo², Julia Mayer², Marian Christoph², Carsten Wunderlich², Jozef Salmas², Thomas Gaspar², Christopher Piorkowski²

Affiliations

¹ From the Steinbeis Research Institute 'Electrophysiology and Cardiac Devices', Dresden, Germany (M.F., T.G., C.P.); and Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany (M.F., J.T., Y.H., J.M. M.C., C.W., J.S., T.G., C.P.). mathias.forkmann@mailbox.tu-dresden.
² From the Steinbeis Research Institute 'Electrophysiology and Cardiac Devices', Dresden, Germany (M.F., T.G., C.P.); and Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany (M.F., J.T., Y.H., J.M. M.C., C.W., J.S., T.G., C.P.).

PMID: 25900994
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.002342

No abstract available

Keywords: Brugada syndrome; arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; electrophysiology; genetic testing.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / diagnosis
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / genetics
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / physiopathology
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / surgery*
Brugada Syndrome / diagnosis
Brugada Syndrome / genetics
Brugada Syndrome / physiopathology
Brugada Syndrome / surgery*
Catheter Ablation*
Desmoplakins / genetics*
Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Male
Mutation*
Pericardium / physiopathology
Pericardium / surgery*
Phenotype
Plakophilins / genetics*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis
Tachycardia, Ventricular / genetics
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / surgery*
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

Substances

DSP protein, human
Desmoplakins
PKP2 protein, human
Plakophilins