Advancing the science of management of arrhythmic disease in children and adult congenital heart disease patients within the last 25 years

Abstract

This review article reflects how publications in EP Europace have contributed to advancing the science of management of arrhythmic disease in children and adult patients with congenital heart disease within the last 25 years. A special focus is directed to congenital atrioventricular (AV) block, the use of pacemakers, cardiac resynchronization therapy devices, and implantable cardioverter defibrillators in the young with and without congenital heart disease, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, mapping and ablation technology, and understanding of cardiac genomics to untangle arrhythmic sudden death in the young.

Keywords: Adult congenital heart disease; Congenital AV block; ICD; Mapping and ablation; Pacemaker; Paediatric electrophysiology; Sudden cardiac death; Supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia; WPW syndrome.