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Pediatric Exercise Testing

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Discussion on pediatric exercise testing. Pediatric exercise testing may be used for evaluation of various disorders of cardiac rhythm rather than for inducible ischemia as in adults. Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia is the classical arrhythmia noted in catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.

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Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification

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It is seldom done in pediatric age group. Still more are factors are age < 18 years, sudden cardiac death in first degree relative, SCN5A mutations, atrial fibrillation, PR interval > 200 ms, QRS duration > 120 ms, presence of late potentials and aVR sign, manifested as R wave ≥ 0.3 mV or R/q ≥ 0.75. Heart Rhythm.