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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.