Brugada Syndrome: New Insights From Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Electroanatomical Imaging
Authors/Creators
- 1. Arrhythmology Department (C.P., V.S., V.M., G.C., F.M., G.V., E.M., L.A.), IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
- 2. Multimodality Cardiac Imaging Section (L.T., S.P., A.C., M.L.), IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
- 3. Computer Simulation Laboratory (F.S.), IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
Description
Dataset from Pappone C, Santinelli V, Mecarocci V, Tondi L, Ciconte G, Manguso F, Sturla F, Vicedomini G, Micaglio E, Anastasia L, Pica S, Camporeale A, Lombardi M. Brugada Syndrome: New Insights From Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Electroanatomical Imaging. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2021 Nov;14(11):e010004. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.010004. Epub 2021 Oct 25. PMID: 34693720.
Abstract
Background: Brugada syndrome (BrS) is considered a purely electrical disease with variable electrical substrates. Variable rates of mechanical abnormalities have been also reported. Whether exists a link between electrical and mechanical abnormalities has never been previously explored. This investigational physiopathological study aimed to determine the relationship between the substrate size/location, as exposed by ajmaline provocation, and the severity of mechanical abnormalities, as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with BrS.
Methods: Twenty-four consecutive high-risk patients with BrS (mean age, 38±11 years, 17 males), presenting with malignant syncope and documented polymorphic ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation, and candidate to implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation, underwent cardiac magnetic resonance and electroanatomic maps. During each examination, ajmaline test (1 mg/kg over 5 minutes) was performed. Cardiac magnetic resonance findings were compared with 24 age, sex, and body surface area-matched controls. In patients with BrS, the correlation between the electrical substrate extent and right ventricular regional mechanical abnormalities before/after ajmaline challenge was analyzed.
Results: After ajmaline, patients with BrS showed a reduction of right ventricular (RV) ejection fraction (P<0.001), associated with decreased transversal displacement (U, P<0.001) and longitudinal strain (ε, P<0.001) localized at RV outflow tract. In patients with BrS significant preajmaline/postajmaline changes of transversal displacement (ΔU, P<0.001) and longitudinal strain (Δε, P<0.001) were found. In the control group, no mechanical changes were observed after ajmaline. The electrical substrate consistently increased after ajmaline from 1.7±2.8 cm2 to 14.2±7.3 cm2 (P<0.001), extending from the RV outflow tract to the neighboring segments of the RV anterior wall. Postajmaline RV ejection fraction inversely correlated with postajmaline substrate extent (r=-0.830, P<0.001). In patients with BrS and normal controls, cardiac magnetic resonance detected neither myocardial fibrosis nor RV outflow tract morphological abnormalities.
Conclusions: BrS is a dynamic RV electromechanical disease, where functional abnormalities correlate with the maximal extent of the substrate size.
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