Sudden Cardiac Death in Children and Adolescents

Elizabeth D Sherwin; Charles I Berul

doi:10.1016/j.ccep.2017.07.008

Sudden Cardiac Death in Children and Adolescents

Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2017 Dec;9(4):569-579. doi: 10.1016/j.ccep.2017.07.008.

Authors

Elizabeth D Sherwin¹, Charles I Berul²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20010, USA; Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, 2300 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Division of Cardiology, Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20010, USA; Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, 2300 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA.

PMID: 29173403
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2017.07.008

Abstract

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a rare but devastating event in children and adolescents. Etiologies include congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, primary arrhythmia syndromes, and miscellaneous conditions. Challenges in the diagnosis and prevention of SCD in the young are reviewed.

Keywords: Arrhythmia; Cardiomyopathy; Genetics; Pediatric; Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome; Sudden cardiac death.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Death, Sudden, Cardiac*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Young Adult