Sudden Cardiac Death in Children and Adolescents.

Card Electrophysiol Clin

Division of Cardiology, Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20010, USA; Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, 2300 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA.

Published: December 2017

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a rare but devastating event in children and adolescents. Etiologies include congenital heart disease, cardiomyopathies, primary arrhythmia syndromes, and miscellaneous conditions. Challenges in the diagnosis and prevention of SCD in the young are reviewed.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ccep.2017.07.008DOI Listing

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