Diagnosis and management of Brugada Syndrome.

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Brugada Syndrome (BS) is a cardiac ion channel disorder linked to loss of function mutation in the SCN5A gene which affects the sodium current. The diagnosis is made on the ECG showing characteristic cove-shaped ST elevation in leads V(1) to V(3) in the absence of structural heart disease, electrolyte disturbance or ischaemia. This condition is genetically transmitted as an autosomal dominant syndrome with...

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