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Pediatric Exercise Testing

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

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. In a child with suspected sinus node dysfunction, chronotropic incompetence from sinus node dysfunction can be assessed by exercise testing.

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Interplay between mitochondrial dysfunction and lysosomal storage: challenges in genetic metabolic muscle diseases with a focus on infantile onset Pompe disease

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Methods We performed a retrospective analysis to examine the clinical manifestations, genetic traits, and the relationship between PD and mitochondrial function in a pediatric patient.

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Multipath joint ablation strategy for focal atrial tachycardia originating from patent foramen ovale: a case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

IntroductionFocal atrial tachycardia (FAT) is predominant in the pediatric population. A 12-lead electrocardiogram revealed a narrow QRS complex tachycardia with a rate of 157 beats per minute and a prolonged RP relationship. Echocardiography indicated a severely reduced ejection fraction of 22%.

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A young woman with epigastric pain. ECG Crochetage sign? What is the significance?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

See the 5 articles below.

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Cardiology update: Should mRNA vaccine myocarditis be a contraindication to future COVID-19 vaccinations ?

Dr. Anish Koka

The diagnosis was made based on classic findings of inflammation on an electrocardiogram associated with acute chest pain. Pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac the heart lives in, developed about 7 days after the Pfizer vaccine.

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Deep learning-based analysis of 12-lead electrocardiograms in school-age children: a proof of concept study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

IntroductionThe diagnostic performance of automated analysis of electrocardiograms for screening children with pediatric heart diseases at risk of sudden cardiac death is unknown. Further studies are warranted to develop an automated analysis of electrocardiograms in school-age children.

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A man in his 70s with weakness and syncope

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Pediatric and elderly patients were more predisposed to developing an arrhythmic event in the setting of fever [7]. Induced Brugada-type electrocardiogram, a sign for imminent malignant arrhythmias. Recently the rate of true arrhythmic events related to fevers in the classic Brugada Type 1 syndrome was explored by Michowitz et al.