Role of invasive and noninvasive testing in risk stratification of sudden cardiac death in children and young adults: an electrophysiologic perspective.
Sudden cardiac death is a rare, but devastating, event in the young population. Arrhythmia is the mechanism of death in many cases. In addition to clinical history, noninvasive and invasive tests can be used to identify patients who are at risk. Although these tools are not perfect, they can prove valuable if used in proper clinical circumstances. An overview of these tests is presented.
Electrophysiology Laboratories, Cardiovascular Disease Section, St. Luke's and Aurora Sinai Medical Centers, University of Wisconsin Medical School-Milwaukee Clinical Campus, 2801 West Kinnickinnic River Parkway, Milwaukee, WI 53215, USA.
Mehran
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Attari
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Dhala
D000293:Adolescent; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology