title: Risk stratification in young patients with channelopathies.
abstract: Identifying the young patient at risk of malignant arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death remains a challenge. It is increasingly recognised that sudden death, syncope and aborted cardiac arrest at a young age in patients with a structurally normal heart may be the result of various ion channel disorders - the channelopathies. The approach to risk stratification involves a combination of the clinical presentation, taken in conjunction with the family history, genetic testing, invasive electrophysiological studies or other provocative tests where appropriate and feasible. A logical approach to risk stratification in some of the commoner channelopathies seen in paediatric practice is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology. University Hospital of Cologne, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Sreeram
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authors.lastname: Trieschmann
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authors.lastname: Khalil
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authors.lastname: Emmel