Pediatric Arrhythmia

You're called to a newborn cared for at the surgical intensive care unit following abdominal surgery. The nurse reports sudden onset...

This post is part of the "How we do it" section. Herein we report our approach to certain clinical scenarios in pediatric arrhythmias....

A 21 years old male was referred for evaluation of tachycardia. He experienced episodes of palpitations and nausea over the past few...

The following ECG tracing was recorded in a 14 y/o male. Well do a step by step assessment. 1) Rhythm Upright P-waves in inferior leads...

Referred by a colleague. This 16 y/o young man is a professional soccer player who experienced palpitations and dizziness during sports...

The ECG tracing shown below tells you three important things: 1) This patient has FBI tachycardia (Fast, Broad, Irregular). This means,...

Reviewing yesterdays outpatient ECG tracings you find the following tracing: 25mm/s speed, 10mm/mV amplitude First thing that comes to...

the ECG below was recorded on a on a freezing day in December: The patient was found unconscious outside and was hypothermic when brought...

Following atrial septal defect closure and partial anomalous pulmonary venous return repair, the following tracing was recorded in a 12...

Here is a tracing of a 6 months old girl who was diagnosed as having a particular congenital heart disease. The ECG tracings shows some...

Below you find the Holter-ECG tracing of a 16 y/o female: 25mm/s As you can see in the top row, there is regular sinus rhythm of 75 bpm....

When confronted with a tachycardia in a pediatric patient, one will most likely encounter supra ventricular tachycardia (SVT). There are...

To learn some basics on the conduction system it is necessary to know some basic anatomical structures of the heart. In the following...

You are presented the following monitoring ECG in a 6 y/o boy who is in pediatric intensive care following heart surgery for atrial...

As mentioned in last weeks posts, my colleague Dr. Öffl and me have put together some of the most recognizable ECG patterns in pediatric...

As mentioned in last weeks post, my colleague Dr. Öffl and me have put together some of the most recognizable ECG patterns in pediatric...

My dear colleague Dr. Öffl and me have put together some of the most recognizable ECG patterns in pediatric patients. Especially those...

During nightshift you are presented the following ECG of a 12 years old boy. What diagnosis can you spot at a glance? Your report reads:...

Assessing a 24 hour ECG tracing of a 12-year old girl you find the following: The automatic interpretation algorithm reports this as a...

Whenever you are looking at ECG tracings of supraventricular tachycardia, in which visible P waves are situated midway between QRS...