[Clinical case of the month. Myoclonic-astatic epilepsy in a young child (MAE) or Doose syndrome].

Myoclonic astatic epilepsy (MAE) belongs to the epilepsies with generalized seizures. MAE occurs in 1-2% of all childhood epilepsies up to age 9. This disease is characterized by various clinical and EEG criteria.

[Arrhythmogenic dysplasia of the right ventricle in a 16-month-old child].

The clinical history of a 16-month old child with an arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia is reported. This is one of the youngest patients described in the literature. The pitfalls of the diagnosis and the particularities of the treatment of recurrent ventricular tachycardias are underlined.

[Dilation of the aortic root in ventricular septal defects. Risk factor of aortic insufficiency].

The diameter of the aortic root was measured in 151 patients with small ventricular septal defect (Qp/Qs less than 2 and pulmonary vascular resistance less than 1.5 U.m-2) and correlated with the presence of absence of aortic regurgitation.