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[[Image:brugada.jpg|thumb|right|Dr. Pedro Brugada. Pedro and Josep Brugada described in 1992 a landmark publication with a case-series of 8 patients with sudden cardiac death. <cite>Brugada</cite> Currently, three brothers of the Brugada family (Pedro, Josep and Ramon Brugada) conduct research in the syndrome that has been named after them.]]
[[Image:brugada.jpg|thumb|right|Dr. Pedro Brugada. Pedro and Josep Brugada described in 1992 a landmark publication with a case-series of 8 patients with sudden cardiac death. <cite>Brugada</cite> Currently, three brothers of the Brugada family (Pedro, Josep and Ramon Brugada) conduct research in the syndrome that has been named after them.]]
[[Image:scn5a.jpg|thumb|right|The SCN5a gen is located on the short arm (p) of chromosome 3]]
[[Image:scn5a.jpg|thumb|right|The SCN5a gen is located on the short arm (p) of chromosome 3]]
''Auteur: Louise R.A. Olde Nordkamp''
''Supervisor: Arthur A.M. Wilde''


'''Brugada syndrome''' refers to a hereditary disease that is associated with a risk of sudden cardiac death. It is characterized by typical ECG abnormalities: ST segment elevation in the precordial leads (V1 - V3).
'''Brugada syndrome''' refers to a hereditary disease that is associated with a risk of sudden cardiac death. It is characterized by typical ECG abnormalities: ST segment elevation in the precordial leads (V1 - V3).


The Brugada brothers were the first to describe the characteristic ECG findings and link them to sudden death. Before that, the characteristic ECG findings, were often mistaken for a right ventricle myocardial infarction and already in 1953, a publication mentions that the ECG findings were not associated with ischemia as people often expected.
The Brugada brothers were the first to describe the characteristic ECG findings and link them to sudden death. Before that, the characteristic ECG findings, were often mistaken for a right ventricle myocardial infarction and already in 1953, a publication mentions that the ECG findings were not associated with ischemia as people often expected.<cite>osher</cite>


==General features==
==General features==

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