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• W3136554384 abstract "Brugada syndrome, traditionally described as a channelopathy affecting transmembrane sodium current, has been recognized as a structural disease affecting the epicardial right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT).1Frustaci A. Priori S.G. Pieroni M. et al.Cardiac histological substrate in patients with clinical phenotype of Brugada syndrome.Circulation. 2005; 112: 3680-3687Crossref PubMed Scopus (281) Google Scholar, 2Pieroni M. Notarstefano P. Oliva A. et al.Electroanatomic and pathologic right ventricular outflow tract abnormalities in patients with brugada syndrome.J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018; 72: 2747-2757Crossref PubMed Scopus (42) Google Scholar, 3Morita H. Zipes D.P. Morita S.T. Lopshire J.C. Wu J. Epicardial ablation eliminates ventricular arrhythmias in an experimental model of Brugada syndrome.Heart Rhythm. 2009; 6: 665-671Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (47) Google Scholar This observation has been the basis for successful arrhythmic substrate ablation in these patients, with resolution of the Brugada pattern in the anterior precordial leads reported as a reliable procedural endpoint.4Nademanee K. Veerakul G. Chandanamattha P. et al.Prevention of ventricular fibrillation episodes in Brugada syndrome by catheter ablation over the anterior right ventricular outflow tract epicardium.Circulation. 2011; 123: 1270-1279Crossref PubMed Scopus (511) Google Scholar,5Brugada J. Pappone C. Berruezo A. et al.Brugada syndrome phenotype elimination by epicardial substrate ablation.Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015; 8: 1373-1381Crossref PubMed Scopus (148) Google Scholar However, the typical precordial electrocardiogram (ECG) pattern is obscured in patients with concomitant left bundle branch block (LBBB),6Ozin B. Atar I. Altunkeser B. Ertan C. Yildirir A. Müderrisoğlu H. Typical ECG changes unmasked by ajmaline in a patient with Brugada syndrome and left bundle branch block.Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2005; 10: 378-381Crossref PubMed Scopus (3) Google Scholar making this a challenging observation in such patients. In this report, we describe parahisian pacing as a strategy to unmask Brugada pattern in a patient with concomitant LBBB, with resolution of the ST-segment elevation in the anterior precordial leads after epicardial ablation. A 76-year-old man with history of Brugada syndrome and recurrent ventricular fibrillation (VF) episodes is referred for ablation. He was diagnosed in 1999 in the setting of resuscitated cardiac arrest with ECG revealing spontaneous type 1 Brugada pattern (Figure 1A ), for which he received a secondary-prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Over the past 2 decades, he experienced 13 episodes of recurrent VF leading to ICD shocks, with increasing frequency in the preceding months (Figure 1B). Quinidine successfully prevented recurrent episodes, but had to be discontinued owing to thrombocytopenia. Upon evaluation, ECG revealed a wide LBBB (Figure 1C) that obscured the expected Brugada pattern, and genetic testing confirmed a pathogenic mutation affecting the SCN5A gene (Gln59Ter, termination codon replacing glutamine leading to truncation at codon 59). Echocardiogram and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed a structurally normal heart without areas of scar. Programmed ventricular stimulation was performed at baseline, with reproducible induction of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia from the right ventricular apex. In an attempt to establish an additional procedural endpoint despite the presence of LBBB at baseline, parahisian pacing was performed at the start of the procedure to overcome the LBBB and unmask the underlying Brugada pattern. This maneuver successfully revealed coved-type ST elevation and T-wave inversion in the anterior precordial leads (Figure 2A and 2B ), consistent with spontaneous type 1 Brugada pattern documented 20 years prior. Endocardial right ventricular voltage map was performed under conscious sedation with an open irrigated ablation catheter (ThermoCool SmartTouch, Biosense Webster, Diamond Bar, CA), showing no bipolar or unipolar abnormalities (Figure 3A ). Subxiphoid percutaneous epicardial access was obtained under general anesthesia with an inferior approach and epicardial voltage map was performed with a deflectable decapolar catheter (DecaNav; Biosense Webster). Bipolar abnormalities were observed on the epicardial RVOT region, characterized by fractionated, multicomponent late electrograms (EGMs, Figure 3B). Repeat epicardial voltage map after epicardial warm saline infusion, as well as after intravenous procainamide infusion (10 mg/kg), did not show a significantly wider area of EGM abnormalities. Coronary angiography was performed to ensure safe distance between the epicardial area of abnormal EGMs and coronary vessels, using the mapping catheter as the fluoroscopic reference. Epicardial ablation was performed at 30 W for 20–30 seconds, targeting the abnormal areas on the epicardial RVOT until complete elimination of the targeted signals. Following that, repeat epicardial voltage map showed elimination of these EGMs (Figure 3C), and repeat programmed stimulation failed to induce ventricular arrhythmias. Following epicardial ablation, repeat parahisian pacing was performed and documented reduction of the ST elevation in the anterior precordial leads, consistent with resolution of the Brugada pattern as a procedural endpoint (Figure 2C and 2D). Prior to discharge, the patient underwent noninvasive programmed stimulation and had no inducible ventricular arrhythmias with single, double, and triple extrastimuli during drive trains of 600 ms and 400 ms. The patient had no recurrent ventricular arrhythmias or ICD shocks after 13 months of follow-up with no antiarrhythmic drug use. Brugada syndrome, originally recognized based on the typical electrocardiographic pattern of ST elevation in the anterior precordial leads,7Brugada P. Brugada J. Right bundle branch block, persistent ST segment elevation and sudden cardiac death: A distinct clinical and electrocardiographic syndrome.J Am Coll Cardiol. 1992; 20: 1391-1396Crossref PubMed Scopus (2667) Google Scholar has traditionally been described as an autosomal dominant channelopathy since the identification of mutations involving the SCN5A gene, which encodes the alpha-subunit of the sodium channel.8Chen Q. Kirsch G.E. Zhang D. et al.Genetic basis and molecular mechanism for idiopathic ventricular fibrillation.Nature. 1998; 392: 293-296Crossref PubMed Scopus (1502) Google Scholar Current guidelines recommend ICD implantation for selected patients (such as cardiac arrest survivors) and suggest quinidine for patients with recurrent arrhythmias, in addition to lifestyle changes that prevent sudden death.9Priori S.G. Wilde A.A. Horie M. et al.HRS/EHRA/APHRS expert consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of patients with inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes: document endorsed by HRS, EHRA, and APHRS in May 2013 and by ACCF, AHA, PACES, and AEPC in June 2013.Heart Rhythm. 2013; 10: 1932-1963Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (1126) Google Scholar Despite quinidine being an effective therapy,10Márquez M.F. Bonny A. Hernández-Castillo E. et al.Long-term efficacy of low doses of quinidine on malignant arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: a case series and literature review.Heart Rhythm. 2012; 9: 1995-2000Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (83) Google Scholar it has potentially serious side effects and induced thrombocytopenia in our patient. Catheter ablation, which received a class of recommendation IIb in current guidelines, is then reserved for patients with arrhythmic storm or with repeated appropriate ICD shocks, such as our patient. The first attempt at VF ablation in Brugada syndrome was aimed at ventricular premature depolarizations (VPDs) triggering VF, targeted mostly from the endocardial RVOT.11Haïssaguerre M. Extramiana F. Hocini M. et al.Mapping and ablation of ventricular fibrillation associated with long-QT and Brugada syndromes.Circulation. 2003; 108: 925-928Crossref PubMed Scopus (418) Google Scholar Such strategy, however, is not feasible in patients who do not present in VF storm, in whom frequent VPDs triggering VF can be easily observed. In recent years, an abnormal substrate has been described in patients with Brugada syndrome, characterized electrophysiologically by slow conduction and low-voltage areas localized to the anterior epicardial RVOT.12Zhang P. Tung R. Zhang Z. et al.Characterization of the epicardial substrate for catheter ablation of Brugada syndrome.Heart Rhythm. 2016; 13: 2151-2158Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (57) Google Scholar Based on such observations, catheter ablation in these patients has evolved from VF-trigger ablation, typically from the endocardial RVOT, into elimination of abnormal substrate from the epicardial RVOT.13Nademanee K. Hocini M. Haïssaguerre M. Epicardial substrate ablation for Brugada syndrome.Heart Rhythm. 2017; 14: 457-461Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (52) Google Scholar A dramatic finding reported with such strategy is the resolution of the Brugada-pattern ECG, with normalization of the ST segment in the anterior precordial leads corroborating elimination of the arrhythmogenic substrate and supporting our current understanding of Brugada syndrome as more than a channelopathy.4Nademanee K. Veerakul G. Chandanamattha P. et al.Prevention of ventricular fibrillation episodes in Brugada syndrome by catheter ablation over the anterior right ventricular outflow tract epicardium.Circulation. 2011; 123: 1270-1279Crossref PubMed Scopus (511) Google Scholar,5Brugada J. Pappone C. Berruezo A. et al.Brugada syndrome phenotype elimination by epicardial substrate ablation.Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015; 8: 1373-1381Crossref PubMed Scopus (148) Google Scholar Since Brugada syndrome is usually diagnosed in relatively young patients without structural heart disease, concomitant LBBB in this population is an unlikely finding. As previously reported, this rare coexistence can make diagnosis extremely challenging because the Brugada pattern can be masked by the LBBB.6Ozin B. Atar I. Altunkeser B. Ertan C. Yildirir A. Müderrisoğlu H. Typical ECG changes unmasked by ajmaline in a patient with Brugada syndrome and left bundle branch block.Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2005; 10: 378-381Crossref PubMed Scopus (3) Google Scholar In our patient, there was no diagnostic dilemma given the remote ECG with typical features, as well as corroborating genetic testing and recurrent ventricular arrhythmias despite different imaging modalities showing a structurally normal heart. Still, determining clear procedural endpoints could be difficult in our patient owing to concomitant LBBB. While late EGMs in Brugada syndrome have been characterized by low voltage and duration often exceeding the QRS duration, these abnormal EGMs in our patient were never recorded after the QRS complex owing to very delayed left ventricular depolarization from LBBB. Additionally, despite being easily and reproducibly inducible for sustained ventricular arrhythmias at the start of the procedure, transitioning from conscious sedation to general anesthesia at the time of epicardial puncture could affect inducibility regardless of elimination of the arrhythmogenic substrate. The contemporary experience with conduction-system pacing has demonstrated the ability to overcome LBBB by pacing the His bundle region,14Sharma P.S. Ellison K. Patel H.N. Trohman R.G. Overcoming left bundle branch block by permanent His bundle pacing: evidence of longitudinal dissociation in the His via recordings from a permanent pacing lead.HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2017; 3: 499-502Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (16) Google Scholar corroborating the idea of longitudinal dissociation within the His bundle that suggests LBBB much more proximally than historically believed.15Narula O.S. Longitudinal dissociation in the His bundle. Bundle branch block due to asynchronous conduction within the His bundle in man.Circulation. 1977; 56: 996-1006Crossref PubMed Scopus (194) Google Scholar In our patient, these concepts were the basis for performing parahisian pacing at the start of the procedure in an attempt to unmask the Brugada pattern. Interestingly, but not surprisingly, repeat parahisian pacing after catheter ablation eliminated the arrhythmogenic substrate, demonstrating resolution of the Brugada pattern previously revealed. Therefore, in addition to repeat voltage mapping showing successful substrate homogenization and noninducibility following ablation, we were reassured by this additional procedural endpoint that would have been impossible to observe if not for parahisian pacing. In summary, this case report documents for the first time the ability to unmask Brugada pattern ECG with parahisian pacing in a patient with concomitant LBBB. In addition to informing an important ablation endpoint in the rare patient with concomitant Brugada syndrome and LBBB, this might be a useful diagnostic maneuver in patients with LBBB and suspected Brugada syndrome undergoing invasive electrophysiologic studies.Key Teaching Points•Successful catheter ablation for ventricular arrhythmias in Brugada syndrome relies on targeting the arrhythmogenic substrate on the epicardial right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT).•Epicardial RVOT ablation has been shown to normalize the Brugada ST-segment deviations in the anterior precordial leads.•Left bundle branch block (LBBB) can mask the characteristic Brugada-type electrocardiogram (ECG) features in the anterior precordial leads.•Parahisian pacing can unmask the Brugada-type ECG in patients with concomitant LBBB. This maneuver is a useful tool to demonstrate successful elimination of the abnormal substrate and resolution of the Brugada pattern ECG as a procedural endpoint." @default.
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