Saturday, September 24, 2011

What do you Think ?


A 16-year-old girl was admitted to the CCU after an aborted
sudden cardiac death. The patient was awakened to answer a telephone call and
suddenly collapsed. The fall was witnessed by people and a rapid 911 call allowed the paramedics
to arrive within couple of minutes. The patient was in VF and was successfully
defibrillated with single shock. She remained comatose and was immediately intubated and
transported to the local hospital.
On physical examination she was intubated and withdrew to painful stimuli. Her
pupils were dilated, but they were reactive to light symmetrically. Her past medical history
is remarkable for 3 brief fainting episodes. She was not using any medication. The mother denied knowledge of substance abuse. Her family history is notable for a sister who died suddenly at the age of 20 years.







What can be the most probablediagnosis at this time?
a. Brugada syndrome
b.  HCM
c. RVOT tachycardia
d.  Idiopathic VF
e. Long QT syndrome


 
Please give your answers andcomments in the comment section below.

12 comments:

  1. dear doctor jitesh, thanks for this nice clinical scenario...I think this is long QT syndrome bcoz:
    1. sudden cardiac death
    2. more common in Young Female,3 brief fainting episodes
    sister dying at young age of 20
    3. she had VF which is aassociated with VF
    4. on ECG-Long QT interval
    5. Asymmetric T wave
    6. T wave alternans

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  2. I would support the previous comment that the most probable diagnosis is the LQT syndrome. Moreover, it is very likely to be LQT2 syndrome as the cardiac event was triggered by a sudden auditory stimulus (telephone ring) in contrast to LQT1 syndrome when cardiac events are usually triggered by swimming or exercise, or LQT3 syndrome when arrhythmic events typically occur during sleep.

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  3. I WOULD ALSO THINK ITS A CASE OF LONG QT TYPE 2 SYNDROME,
    POINTS FAVOURing;1.YOUNG GIRL2.COLLAPSE AFTER A AUDITORY STIMULI 3.FAMILY HISTORY 4.PREVIOUS EPISODES4.ECG FINDING ST ELEVATION IN COMMONLY V3-V6.4.T WAVE ALTERANS.
    BUT STILL RELATING TO THIS IS BRUGADA SYNDROME HAVE SIMILAR FEATURES,NEEDED ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY TO RULE OUT THIS CONDITION.

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  4. Do you really thing echocardiography should be done to rule out Brugada syndrome.

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  5. brugada need electrophysiological study
    but this case of long QT interval

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