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ArticleInternational journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature2024

Whole-heart computational modelling provides further mechanistic insights into ST-elevation in Brugada syndrome.

Eike M Wülfers, Robin Moss, Heiko Lehrmann, Thomas Arentz, Dirk Westermann, Gunnar Seemann, Katja E Odening, Johannes Steinfurt

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Eike M WülfersInstitute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Robin MossInstitute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Heiko LehrmannDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology, University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Thomas ArentzDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology, University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Dirk WestermannDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology, University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Gunnar SeemannInstitute for Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine, University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Katja E OdeningTranslational Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Institute of Physiology, University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Johannes SteinfurtDepartment of Cardiology and Angiology, University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.

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Abstract

Background: Brugada syndrome (BrS) is characterized by dynamic ST-elevations in right precordial leads and increased risk of ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac death. As the mechanism underlying ST-elevation and malignant arrhythmias is controversial computational modeling can aid in exploring the disease mechanism. Thus we aim to test the main competing hypotheses ('delayed depolarization' vs. 'early repolarization') of BrS in a whole-heart computational model. Methods: In a 3D whole-heart computational model, delayed epicardial RVOT activation with local conduction delay was simulated by reducing conductivity in the epicardial RVOT. Early repolarization was simulated by instead increasing the transient outward potassium current (I Results: Delayed depolarization with local conduction delay in the computational model resulted in coved-type ST-elevation with negative T-waves in the precordial surface ECG leads. 'Saddleback'-shaped ST-elevation was obtained with reduced substrate extent or thickness. Increased I Conclusions: In this whole-heart BrS computational model of both major hypotheses, realistic coved-type ECG resulted only from delayed epicardial RVOT depolarization with local conduction delay but not early repolarizing ion channel modifications. These simulations provide further support for the depolarization hypothesis as electrophysiological mechanism underlying BrS.

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BrugadaComputational modelingDepolarizationRepolarizationST-elevation

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