All issues > Volume 25(3); 1982

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1982;25(3):234-240. Published online March 31, 1982.

Cardiac Arrhythmia in Infants and Children.

Jun Hee Kang

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Cardiac arrhythmia which was observed during 5 years and 10 months from September 1975 to June 1981 on 11, 273 ECG records of the pediatric patients were analysed. Simple sinus arrhythmia and bundle branch blocks were excluded from this study. 602 cases of arrhythmia were seen among the 11,273 cases(5.3%). The types of arrhythmia in the order of frequency are: A-V block ectopic beat, multifocal rhythm, paroxysmal tachycardia, A-V junctional rhythm. A-V dissocation, atrial fibrillation, ventricular fibrillation and escape beat. The main underlying causes of the serious cardiac arrhythmia were congenital heart disease, open heart surgery, rhematic heart disease, cardiomyopathy and myocarditis.

Keywords :arrhythmia;congenital heart disease;open heart surgery;rhematic heart disese