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Genetic testing can be used to support the diagnosis of Brugada syndrome and to detect relatives at risk.<ref name="pmid15898165">{{cite journal |author=Antzelevitch C, Brugada P, Borggrefe M, Brugada J, Brugada R, Corrado D, Gussak I, LeMarec H, Nademanee K, Perez Riera AR, Shimizu W, Schulze-Bahr E, Tan H, Wilde A |title=Brugada syndrome: report of the second consensus conference |journal=[[Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society]] |volume=2 |issue=4 |pages=429–40 |year=2005 |month=April |pmid=15898165 |doi= |url= |issn= |accessdate=2012-10-14}}</ref> Unfurtunately, despite the association of the Brugada syndrome with the SCN5A genotype, there is unfortunately no association between the results of genetic testing and clinical prognosis. | |||
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Overview
Genetic testing can be used to support the diagnosis of Brugada syndrome and to detect relatives at risk.[1] Unfurtunately, despite the association of the Brugada syndrome with the SCN5A genotype, there is unfortunately no association between the results of genetic testing and clinical prognosis.
References
- ↑ Antzelevitch C, Brugada P, Borggrefe M, Brugada J, Brugada R, Corrado D, Gussak I, LeMarec H, Nademanee K, Perez Riera AR, Shimizu W, Schulze-Bahr E, Tan H, Wilde A (2005). "Brugada syndrome: report of the second consensus conference". Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society. 2 (4): 429–40. PMID 15898165. Unknown parameter
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