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==Diagnosis and treatment== | ==Diagnosis and treatment== | ||
*Patients who are symptomatic (syncope, ventricular tachycardias or survivors of sudden cardiac death) have a mortality risk of up to 10% per year. In these patients an [[:w:nl:Internal_Cardiac_Defibrillator|ICD]] should be implanted. | *Patients who are symptomatic (syncope, ventricular tachycardias or survivors of sudden cardiac death) have a mortality risk of up to 10% per year. In these patients an [[:w:nl:Internal_Cardiac_Defibrillator|ICD]] should be implanted. | ||
*Some groups advice an electrofysiologic investigation for risk assessment in Brugada patients,<cite>brug2</cite><cite>brug3</cite> but others could not reproduce the predicive value of these tests,<cite>priori</cite><cite>eckhardt</cite> so this is still controversial. | *Some groups advice an electrofysiologic investigation for risk assessment in Brugada patients,<cite>brug2</cite><cite>brug3</cite> but others could not reproduce the predicive value of these tests,<cite>priori</cite><cite>eckhardt</cite> so this is still controversial. | ||
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==Electrocardiographic criteria== | ==Electrocardiographic criteria== | ||
[[Image:Brugada_lead_placement.png|thumb]] | |||
Three ECG repolarization patterns in the right precordial leads are recognized in the diagnosis of Brugada syndrome. | Three ECG repolarization patterns in the right precordial leads are recognized in the diagnosis of Brugada syndrome. | ||