Rising country star Ashley Cooke is navigating a successful year marked by her first No. 1 song while privately facing a series of personal and family health challenges, including her own recent diagnosis of a rare heart condition.

In an exclusive interview with E! News , the 28-year-old singer revealed she has Brugada syndrome. According to the Cleveland Clinic , it is a rare heart condition that can make the heart’s lower chambers beat in an abnormal rhythm. This can cause fainting or cardiac arrest, which increases the risk of sudden cardiac death.

The diagnosis came during what she described as a “crazy, crazy health year” for her family.

“My dad had cancer for the fifth time,” Cooke said. “My mom had a heart attack. Both of my grandmothers passed away. My sister had stuff with

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