PMID: 9538366Apr 16, 1998Paper

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, torsades de pointes and sudden death. New concepts

Annales de cardiologie et d'angéiologie
G FontaineF Fontaliran

Abstract

M cells as well as vortex like reentrant tachycardia could explain the torsade de pointes pattern leading to sudden death at night in a patient with arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia and saddle-back ST segment elevation in lead V2. The mechanism of the torsade is explained by the two-dimensional structure of the right ventricular free wall reconstructed from paraffin blocks. This case may represent a particular form of Brugada's syndrome and cases of sudden death in young males in South East Asia.

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