Electrocardiographic characteristics before and after correction of right-sided congenital heart defects in children and its relation to prognosis

Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects and occur in 0.8% of all live births. Nowadays, patients with congenital heart defects survive with usually many event-free years despite abnormal cardiac hemodynamics. However, most patients still need life-long follow-up and main factors for morbidity and mortality in these patients are cardiac failure, arrhythmias or pulmonary hypertension (PH) [1]. The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a noninvasive, widely-used, inexpensive tool that can be used during long-term follow-up of these patients, particularly in order to help predict occurrence of rhythm disorders and sudden cardiac death.

Source: Journal of Electrocardiology - October 4, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Vivian P. Kamphuis, Daphne Raad, Martina Nassif, Cees A. Swenne, Nico A. Blom, Arend D.J. ten Harkel Tags: Review Source Type: research