When Should Premature Ventricular Contractions Be Considered as a Red Flag in Children with Cardiomyopathy?

Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are common and generally benign in childhood and tend to resolve spontaneously in most cases. When PVCs occur frequently, an arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy may be present requiring medical or catheter ablation. PVCs are only rarely the manifestation of a...

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Autores principales: Cicenia, Marianna, Silvetti, Massimo S., Drago, Fabrizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8707971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34940531
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8120176
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description Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are common and generally benign in childhood and tend to resolve spontaneously in most cases. When PVCs occur frequently, an arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy may be present requiring medical or catheter ablation. PVCs are only rarely the manifestation of a cardiomyopathy. The purpose of this review is to provide some tips and tricks to raise the suspicion of a cardiac disease based on the presence and characteristics of PVCs in children.
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spelling pubmed-87079712021-12-25 When Should Premature Ventricular Contractions Be Considered as a Red Flag in Children with Cardiomyopathy? Cicenia, Marianna Silvetti, Massimo S. Drago, Fabrizio J Cardiovasc Dev Dis Review Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are common and generally benign in childhood and tend to resolve spontaneously in most cases. When PVCs occur frequently, an arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy may be present requiring medical or catheter ablation. PVCs are only rarely the manifestation of a cardiomyopathy. The purpose of this review is to provide some tips and tricks to raise the suspicion of a cardiac disease based on the presence and characteristics of PVCs in children. MDPI 2021-12-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8707971/ /pubmed/34940531 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcdd8120176 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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