Brugada syndrome in Japan.

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The incidence of Brugada syndrome (BS) is relatively high in Japan compared with the rest of the world, ranging between 0.1% and 0.2% in the general population. BS in Japan, as in other countries, is most prevalent in middle-aged men, and has characteristics ECG changes, a high recurrence rate in symptomatic patients, and relatively low incidence of SCN5A mutations. In contrast, both the incidence of a family...

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