Genetic TestsBrugada Syndrome

• Test Name: Brugada Syndrome
• Test Code: 4322

• Brugada Syndrome (BRGDA) (OMIM #: 601144) || Gene: SCN5A (OMIM #: 600163)

• SCN5A Mutations
• “RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK, ST SEGMENT ELEVATION, AND SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME”
• SUDDEN UNEXPLAINED NOCTURNAL DEATH SYNDROME; SUNDS

• Methodology: DNA Sequencing
• Performed: Everyday
• Reported: 2-3 weeks

• Specimen Collection: Peripheral blood
• Container: Tube with EDTA
• Specimen Volume/Amount: > 3 ml
• Storage/Transport Condition: Refrigerated
• Unacceptable Specimens/Conditions: Serum; Frozen specimens; Hemolyzed specimens; Icterus; Lipemia

• Dysmorphology