EXPORT CITATION

Chapter-13 Cardiac Arrhythmias

BOOK TITLE: Principles of Pediatric & Neonatal Emergencies

Author
1. Khalil Anita
2. Vaswani Jyotsna K
ISBN
9788184489507
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11182_13
Edition
3/e
Publishing Year
2011
Pages
12
Author Affiliations
1. Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, The Heart Centre, 2 Ring Road Lajpat Nagar IV, New Delhi, Email: anitakhalil@yahoo.com, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, e-mail: anitakhalil@yahoo.com, The Heart Centre, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi, India, The Heart Center, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College; The Heart Center, New Delhi, India
2. Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, e-mail: drvaswani@rediffmail.com
Chapter keywords

Abstract

Cardiac arrhythmias are relatively infrequent in infants and children compared to adults. Most of them are fortunately benign and do not signify underlying heart disease. Serious cardiac arrhythmias make up about 5 percent of total patients attending pediatric cardiology clinics. The major risk of any arrhythmia is that of severe tachycardia or bradycardia resulting in decreased cardiac output, or the risk of progression to a more severe arrhythmia like ventricular fibrillation, leading to syncope and sudden death. Arrhythmias in children are now being recognized with increasing frequency primarily because of the increased vigilance of pediatricians and pediatric cardiologists, combined with advances in the recording technologies of arrhythmia, such as 24 hours ambulatory ECG monitoring transtelephonic electrophysiological studies, etc. Moreover, there has been an increase in the incidence of cardiac rhythm disturbances as more and more patients undergo complex cardiac surgery for congenital heart diseases such as transposition of great arteries and Tetralogy of Fallot. Most cardiac arrhythmias can be diagnosed fairly easily by careful study of a standard 12-lead electrocardiograms with a long rhythm strip. We present a simplified approach for the diagnosis and treatment of common childhood arrhythmias.

Related Books

© 2019 Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) LTD.   |   All Rights Reserved