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Familial Sick Sinus Syndrome
In-Hye Nam, Sung-Hee Cheon, Hong-Ryang Kil
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2003;46(2):195-197.   Published online February 15, 2003
Sick sinus syndrome(SSS) constitutes a spectrum of cardiac arrhythmia, including sinus bradycardia, sinus pause-arrest, sinoatrial block, slow escape rhythm, bradyarrhythmia and tachyarrhythmia. SSS is relatively uncommon in children but its exact incidence is unknown because diagnostic criteria are not uniform and most children with SSS, in general are asymptomatic. SSS may be primary(organic sinus node disease) or secondary(cardiac surgery comprises...