DESCRIPTION:
Clinicians have a variety of diagnostic methods available for evaluating a child with an arrhythmia. The ECG and Holter ECG remain the cornerstones for a good diagnostic and a correct management. Many pediatric cardiologists have some experience in Holter ECG interpretation, but many are still uncertain about their ability to recognize normal variants and pathological rhythms. This book is written specifically for pediatric cardiologists and provides a short and practical review of the issue.
Following a brief introduction of the theoretical basis of the Holter ECG, the chapters give a systematic method to interpretation of ECG signals. Several print screens from the different softwares are included to assist users in more confidently diagnosing arrhythmias. The book""s second part provides a comprehensive collection of real-life cases and Holter ECG tracings in an easy-to-use manner. The cases cover the most common arrhythmias seen in pediatrics and will assist build the skills needed to analyse the Holter ECG quickly and effectively in both infants and older children.
CONTENTS:
Background
A Brief History of Holter Monitoring
Technical Principles of Holter Monitoring
Arrhythmia Detection and Interpretation
Artifacts
Indications for Holter ECG Monitoring
Poincare Graphs
Clinical Cases
Case 1: Sinus Bradycardia in a Football Player
Case 2: Energy Drink-Induced Ventricular Tachycardia
Case 3: Low Atrial Rhythm in an 8-Year-Old Girl
Case 4: High-Burden PVC Mimicking Preexcitation Pattern in a Newborn
Case 5: Paced Rhythm in a 12-Year Old Girl
Case 6: Focal Atrial Tachycardia in a Neonate
Case 7: How to Differentiate Between Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia and Sinus Tachycardia?
Case 8: Short QT Syndrome with Syncope
Case 9: A 2-Month-Old Infant with Recurrent Episodes of Tachycardia
Case 10: An 8-Year-Old Football Player with Asymptomatic WPW Pattern
Case 11: Low Atrial Rhythm in a 9-Year-Old Girl
Case 12: Asymptomatic WPW Syndrome in a 16-Year-Old Competitive Football Player
Case 13: WPW Syndrome with PSVT Episodes in COVID Pandemics
Case 14: Two Accessory Pathways Revealed by One Holter ECG
Case 15: Paced Rhythm in a 2-Year-Old Boy
Case 16: Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia with Right Bundle Branch Block Aberrancy
Case 17: A 8-Month-Old Girl with Recurrent Episodes of Fascicular Ventricular Tachycardia
Case 18: Low-Risk Accessory Pathway in a 18-Year-Old Male Football Player
Case 19: A 12-Month-Old Boy with Prader-Willi Syndrome Is Experiencing Sinus Tachycardia
Case 20: Blocked Premature Atrial Contractions in a Neonate
Case 21: Postero-septal Accessory Pathway in a 10-Year-Old Girl
Case 22: Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia with Left Bundle Branch Block Aberrancy
Case 23: Low-Risk Accessory Pathway in a 6-Year-Old Boy
Case 24: Fascicular Premature Ventricular Contractions and Nonsustained VT in a Neonate
Case 25: Premature Ventricular Contractions and Fusion Beats in a Neonate
Case 26: Ventricular Premature Contractions in a Neonate
Case 27: Blocked Premature Atrial Contractions in a Neonate
Case 28: Focal Atrial Tachycardia with Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy
Case 29: Idiopathic Neonatal Atrial Flutter
Case 30: The Type of Spontaneous Termination of Focal Atrial Tachycardia
