Early repolarization

[smurugan]

Hello

I am a healthy 39 year old male. I have been diagnosed with mild bileaflet prolapse of Mitral valve many years ago and they have stayed at the same level. I have a mild regurgitation as well. All my EKGs since the last many years have been showing an early repolarization pattern and my cardio says it is a normal variant. When i read about this in the web, there are contradicting reports. Would like to check this out in the forum and seek your inputs based on your experience.

Thanks a lot.

[kenkeith]

Although early repolarization is generally considered a benign condition, an increased prevalence of early repolarization has been reported in patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation, a rare cause of sudden cardiac arrest.

Among patients with a history of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation, there is an increased prevalence of early repolarization.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Associated with Early Repolarization
Source:
Michel Haïssaguerre, M.D., Nicolas Derval, M.D., Frederic Sacher, M.D., Laurence Jesel, M.D., Isabel Deisenhofer, M.D., Luc de Roy, M.D., Jean-Luc Pasquié, M.D., Ph.D., Akihiko Nogami, M.D., Dominique Babuty, M.D., Sinikka Yli-Mayry, M.D., Christian De Chillou, M.D., Patrice Scanu, M.D., Philippe Mabo, M.D., Seiichiro Matsuo, M.D., Vincent Probst, M.D., Ph.D., Solena Le Scouarnec, Ph.D., Pascal Defaye, M.D., Juerg Schlaepfer, M.D., Thomas Rostock, M.D., Dominique Lacroix, M.D., Dominique Lamaison, M.D., Thomas Lavergne, M.D., Yoshifusa Aizawa, M.D., Anders Englund, M.D., Frederic Anselme, M.D., Mark O'Neill, M.D., Meleze Hocini, M.D., Kang Teng Lim, M.B., B.S., Sebastien Knecht, M.D., George D. Veenhuyzen, M.D., Pierre Bordachar, M.D., Michel Chauvin, M.D., Pierre Jais, M.D., Gaelle Coureau, Ph.D., Genevieve Chene, Ph.D., George J. Klein, M.D., and Jacques Clémenty, M.D.