Sodium channel blockers have negative inotropic properties that preclude use for patients suffering from cardiomyopathies, particularly those associated with mutations in the SCN5A gene and other conditions overlapping with BrS, such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) (41–44). The gene discussed is SCN5A; the disease is Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.