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- The study explores how sodium channel blockers (SCBs) can reveal short-coupled premature ventricular complexes (ScPVCs) in patients suspected of having serious heart issues.
- Out of 335 patients tested, 16 exhibited ScPVCs, which typically occurred a few minutes into the SCB infusion and showed consistent patterns across multiple tests.
- The SCB tests proved essential for detecting dangerous arrhythmias in some patients, and catheter ablation was successful in eliminating these arrhythmias for most.
Article Abstract
Background: Sodium channel blocker (SCB) infusion is used to unmask the electrocardiographic pattern of Brugada syndrome. The test may also induce premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) in individuals without Brugada pattern, the clinical relevance of which is little known.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of short-coupled (Sc) PVCs induced by ajmaline or flecainide in patients with suspected or documented severe ventricular arrhythmias.
Methods: We reviewed the SCB tests performed in 335 patients with suspected ventricular arrhythmias and structurally normal hearts in 9 centers. ScPVCs were defined as frequent and repetitive PVCs with an R-on-T pattern on SCB tests. Repeated SCB tests were performed in 7 patients and electrophysiological mapping of ScPVCs in 9.
Results: Sixteen patients (8 men; mean age 36 ± 11 years) showed ScPVCs and were included. ScPVCs appeared 229 ± 118 seconds after the initiation of infusion and displayed coupling intervals of 288 ± 28 ms. ScPVC patterns were monomorphic in 12 patients, originating from the Purkinje system in mapped patients. Repetitive PVCs were induced in 15 patients (94%) including polymorphic ventricular tachycardias in 9 (56%). SCB infusion was repeated 45 (interquartile range 0.6-46) months later and induced identical ScPVC in all. SCB test was the only mean to reveal the malignant arrhythmia in 6 patients. Catheter ablation was performed in 9 patients, resulting in arrhythmia elimination in 8 with a follow-up of 6 (interquartile range 2-9) years.
Conclusion: SCB can induce ScPVC, mostly from Purkinje tissue, in a small subset of patients with idiopathic ventricular arrhythmias. Its high reproducibility suggests a distinct individual mechanism.
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