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By Mayo Clinic staffBrugada syndrome is a potentially life-threatening heart rhythm disorder. It's characterized by a specific abnormal heartbeat, detected by an electrocardiogram test, called a Brugada sign. Brugada syndrome is frequently an inherited condition.
Many people who have Brugada syndrome don't have any symptoms, and so they're unaware of their condition. For some, however, Brugada syndrome can cause dangerous irregular heart rhythms that can cause fainting or sudden cardiac arrest.
Brugada syndrome is treatable using an implanted medical device called an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. Because Brugada syndrome was discovered recently, research is still under way on other treatments for the disorder.
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