17-Year-Old With Syncope

Published on April 30, 2025

A 17-year-old male presents to urgent care with syncope. He has a family history of sudden cardiac death. He is well appearing and with normal vital signs. An ECG is obtained.

View the ECG and consider what your diagnosis and next steps would be. Resolution of the case is described on the next page.

Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy ECG — **Figure 1.** Initial ECG
Case presented by Benjamin Cooper, MD, MEd, FACEP, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

17-Year-Old With Syncope

Benjamin Cooper, MD, FACEP

Assistant Professor and Associate Program Director, McGovern Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

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