[The ECG in pediatric patients: what the cardiologist needs to know]

G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2011 Jun;12(6):408-18. doi: 10.1714/835.9306.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

During life ECG is always changing according to postnatal circulation adaptation, position of the heart in the chest, and body mass. Reference values and normal morphologies of P wave, PR interval, QRS complex, ST segment, T wave, and QTc interval are reported. Some clues to detect congenital and acquired heart diseases are also provided. Finally, a brief look at the most common diseases and arrhythmias in the neonatal and pediatric period is reported. When the pediatric ECG is too "young" for a cardiologist? When we need to stop doing the report? ... never! The baby is the father of the adult. The heart is made of signs: we have to decipher them.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cardiology*
  • Child
  • Electrocardiography*
  • Heart Diseases / congenital
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Heart Diseases / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn