Nguyen Alexander, Flores Mario, Tano Vilmogil
Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wyandotte, Michigan.
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine at New Mexico State University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2020 Apr 14;4(2):251-254. doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2020.1.44675. eCollection 2020 May.
Brugada syndrome is a genetic disorder of the heart's electrical system that increases a patient's risk of sudden cardiac death. It is a syndrome most prevalent in Southeast Asians and is found 36 times more commonly in Asians than in Hispanics.
We report and discuss a case of a 68-year-old Hispanic male who presented with clinical and electrocardiogram abnormalities consistent with Brugada syndrome.
The patient's age and ethnicity represents an atypical presentation of this rare syndrome and the lack of reported studies in the literature pertaining to these demographics reflect this.
Further studies and characterizations are necessary as manifestations continue to be unearthed. As such, Brugada Syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis for a myriad of patient populations.
Brugada综合征是一种心脏电系统的遗传性疾病，会增加患者心源性猝死的风险。该综合征在东南亚最为普遍，在亚洲人中的发病率是西班牙裔的36倍。
我们报告并讨论了一例68岁西班牙裔男性病例，其临床表现和心电图异常符合Brugada综合征。
患者的年龄和种族代表了这种罕见综合征的非典型表现，而文献中缺乏关于这些人口统计学特征的报道研究也反映了这一点。
随着该综合征的表现不断被发现，有必要进行进一步的研究和特征描述。因此，在对众多患者群体进行鉴别诊断时应考虑Brugada综合征。
