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Brugada Syndrome Presenting as Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia-Ventricular Fibrillation Lasting 94 Seconds Recorded on an Ambulatory Monitor. JAMA Intern Med 2015; 175:1951. Topic 1020 Version 37.0 https://www.uptodate.com/contents/brugada-syndrome-epidemiology-and-pathogenesis/print 16/18 7/6/23, 11:29 AM Brugada syndrome: Epidemiology and pathogenesis - UpToDate GRAPHICS 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) from a patient with the Brugada syndrome shows downsloping ST elevation ST segment elevation and T wave inversion in the right precordial leads V1 and V2 (arrows); the QRS is normal. The widened S wave in the left lateral leads (V5 and V6) that is characteristic of right bundle branch block is absent. Courtesy of Rory Childers, MD, University of Chicago. 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