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=== Other investigations === Invasive [[Electrophysiology study|electrophysiological studies]], in which wires are passed through a vein to stimulate and record electrical signals from the heart, can sometimes be used to assess the risk of a person with Brugada syndrome experiencing dangerous abnormal heart rhythms.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Sroubek J, Probst V, Mazzanti A, Delise P, Hevia JC, Ohkubo K, Zorzi A, Champagne J, Kostopoulou A, Yin X, Napolitano C, Milan DJ, Wilde A, Sacher F, Borggrefe M, Ellinor PT, Theodorakis G, Nault I, Corrado D, Watanabe I, Antzelevitch C, Allocca G, Priori SG, Lubitz SA | display-authors = 6 | title = Programmed Ventricular Stimulation for Risk Stratification in the Brugada Syndrome: A Pooled Analysis | journal = Circulation | volume = 133 | issue = 7 | pages = 622–30 | date = February 2016 | pmid = 26797467 | pmc = 4758872 | doi = 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.017885 }}</ref> Risk stratification is also sometimes performed using a [[Signal-averaged electrocardiogram|signal averaged ECG]].<ref name=Sar2016 /> [[Holter monitor|Ambulatory ECG monitoring]], including implantation of a [[Implantable loop recorder|loop recorder]], is sometimes used to assess whether dizziness or faints in a person with Brugada syndrome are due to abnormal heart rhythms or other causes such as vasovagal syncope.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Kubala M, Aïssou L, Traullé S, Gugenheim AL, Hermida JS | title = Use of implantable loop recorders in patients with Brugada syndrome and suspected risk of ventricular arrhythmia | journal = Europace | volume = 14 | issue = 6 | pages = 898–902 | date = June 2012 | pmid = 21979995 | doi = 10.1093/europace/eur319 | doi-access = free }}</ref> <gallery mode="packed" heights="200px"> File:Brugada syndrome type1 example1 (CardioNetworks ECGpedia).png|Type 1 Brugada ECG pattern (note non-standard lead position, V<sub>5</sub> is placed one intercostal space above V<sub>1</sub> and V<sub>6</sub> is placed one intercostal space above V<sub>2).</sub>. File:Brugada syndrome type2 example1 (CardioNetworks ECGpedia).png|Type 2 Brugada ECG pattern </gallery>
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