Article
Arrhythmic sudden death in children.
Archives of cardiovascular diseases - 1 Feb 2008
Denjoy I, Lupoglazoff J M, Guicheney P, Leenhardt A
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...
Topics
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac
- Child
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
- Family Health
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Pedigree