Heart Arrhythmia Diagnosis (S1:E5)

In this episode, Johannes von Alvensleben, MD, pediatric cardiologist and electrophysiologist at Children's Hospital Colorado and assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, talks about heart arrhythmias. He discusses some of the most common heart arrhythmias in the primary care setting, including identifiable characteristics and treatments.

In this episode:

• Palpitations and syncope (commonly known as fainting) as symptoms for heart arrhythmia
• Characteristics of common heart arrhythmias
• Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) in an infant versus a young child
• Differences in children with syncope
• Inherited heart arrhythmia syndromes
• Importance of obtaining an electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Co-morbidities in children that can impact diagnosis with arrhythmias
• Drug-related arrhythmias in older children
• Treatment options for heart arrhythmias in young children
• The success rate of ablation for arrhythmia