Screening for Sudden Cardiac Death in Children: Useful Tool or Wishful Thinking?

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  • Janoušek Jan
    Children’s Heart Center, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital
  • Kubuš Peter
    Children’s Heart Center, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Motol University Hospital

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  • Clinical Science : Sudden Cardiac Death : Screening for Sudden Cardiac Death in Children : Useful Tool or Wishful Thinking?

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<p>The potential for screening young individuals for increased risk of sudden cardiac death has been actively debated within the medical community, as well as in the public. Different views from both sides of the Atlantic on the feasibility and rationality of such an approach are enriching the debate. Data from a Japanese nationwide electrocardiographic screening program on school children provided further valuable insights into this topic. In the following article, evidence on the utility of mass screening, with the inclusion of electrocardiography, is critically discussed.</p>

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