The case
Description
- 20-year-old black football player collapsed during a football match on the pitch.
- He did not have any previous sinister cardiac symptoms.
- He was not on any regular medications and there was no family history of premature sudden cardiac death or cardiomyopathy.
- Bystander CPR was commenced immediately.
- Paramedics arrived within 7 minutes and found the patient in ventricular fibrillation.
- Sinus rhythm was restored after a single shock by automated external defibrillator.
- On arrival at the hospital his GCS was 14, maximum Troponin I was 139 ug/l (normal <0.05 ug/l)
His 12-lead ECG is presented below.
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