Arrhythmic sudden death in children.

Abstract excerpt

Sudden death (SD) in childhood is rare, representing only 10% of paediatric mortality after one year of age. The individual risk is estimated between 1 in 20.000 and 1 in 50.000 per year. In case of a negative autopsy for cardiac morphologic anomalies, the most presumable cause remains a genetically-determined malignant primary ventricular arrhythmia. Rhythmic sudden cardiac death can be categorized as a...

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