Long-Term Follow-Up of Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation in a Pediatric Population: Clinical Characteristics, Management, and Complications.

ABSTRACT: Background The natural history and long-term outcome in pediatric patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation ( IVF ) are poorly characterized. We sought to define the clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes of a pediatric cohort with an initial diagnosis of IVF . Methods and Results Patients were included from an International Registry of IVF (consisting of 496 patients). Inclusion criteria were: (1) VF with no identifiable cause following comprehensive analysis for ischemic, electrical or structural heart disease and (2) age ≤16 years. These included 54 pediatric IVF cases (age 12.7±3.7 years, 59% male) among whom 28 (52%) had a previous history of syncope (median 2 syncopal episodes [interquartile range 1]). Thirty-six (67%) had VF in situations associated with high adrene

SUBMITTER: Frontera A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6512137 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature