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Post-resuscitation ECG demonstrated coved ST-segment elevation with T-wave inversion in V\n                    <jats:sub>1<\/jats:sub>\n                    \u2013V\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    , consistent with spontaneous type 1 Brugada syndrome (BrS) pattern. Echocardiography excluded structural heart disease; coronary CT angiography excluded coronary artery disease. Laboratory investigations revealed borderline hypokalemia (3.5\u2005mmol\/L) and mild hypomagnesemia (0.75\u2005mmol\/L). Clinical whole-exome sequencing revealed no pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in established arrhythmia-associated genes. The ECG normalized two days later. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was implanted. 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