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Brugada Syndrome

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Brugada Syndrome
A group of conditions in which people with no known heart problems or defects suffer sudden cardiac death or aborted sudden cardiac death
EKG Right bundle branch block, persistent ST-segment elevation in V1 to V3 unexplained by electrolyte disturbances, ischemia, structural heart disease
Management Implantable defibrillator

Brugada syndrome
Cardiology A condition in which people with no known heart problems or defects suffer sudden cardiac death or aborted sudden cardiac death EKG Right bundle branch block, persistent ST-segment elevation in V1 to V3 unexplained by electrolyte disturbances, ischemia, structural heart disease Treatment Implantable defibrillator. See Long Q-T syndrome.


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His condition has been diagnosed as Brugada Syndrome, a genetic disease characterized by an abnormality in the heart's electrical system that can cause potentially fatal arrhythmias.
After help from a genetics nurse at the University Hospital of Wales she was put in contact with a heart specialist in London, and within a month the whole family had been tested for Brugada syndrome at the Heart Hospital in London - Bill and their 39-year-old daughter Andrea were found to have the same condition.
 
 
 
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