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==Characteristics of the Brugada syndrome:==
==Characteristics of the Brugada syndrome:==
*Inheritable arrhythmia syndrome with [[w:Autosomal_dominant|autosomal dominant]] inheritance. If one of both parents is affected, their children (either males or females) have a 50% chance of inheriting the disease.
*Inheritable arrhythmia syndrome with [[w:Autosomal_dominant|autosomal dominant]] inheritance. If one of the two parents is affected, each child (both males and females) has a 50% chance of inheriting the disease.
*Males are more often symptomatic than females, probably by the influence of sex hormones on cardiac arrhythmias and/or ion channels, and a different distribution of ion channels across the heart in males versus females.
*Males are more often symptomatic than females, probably by the influence of sex hormones on cardiac arrhythmias and/or ion channels, and a different distribution of ion channels across the heart in males versus females.
*The arrhythmias usually occur between 30 and 40 years of age. (range 1-77 yrs) and often during rest or while sleeping (high vagal tone).
*The arrhythmias usually occur between 30 and 40 years of age. (range 1-77 yrs) and often during rest or while sleeping (high vagal tone).
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