Brazilian Guideline for Exercise Testing in Children and Adolescents - 2024.

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Late clinical and functional assessment of arrhythmias in children after repair of Tetralogy of Fallot.

Background: Cardiac arrhythmias are the major cause of late sudden death in patients undergoing repair of Tetralogy of Fallot (TF).

Objective: To evaluate the occurrence of cardiac arrhythmias in children and adolescents undergoing repair of TF, and to associate them with clinical aspects and laboratory tests.

Methods: Cross-sectional study of 37 patients undergoing repair of TF at Instituto Estadual de Cardiologia Aloysio de Castro (Rio de Janeiro).