Paula Greciano Calero, Silvia Escribá Bori, Juan Antonio Costa Orvay, Nina González Pons, María Del Carmen Martín Pérez, Dolores Cardona Alfonseca, Cristina Nogales Velázquez, Sergi Verd Vallespir, Alicia Esther Tur Salom, Antonella Chiandetti, Marcos Navarro Noguera, Anna Grau Blanch, María Magdalena Rotger Genestar, Marianna Mambié Meléndez, Mercedes Fernández Hidalgo, Juana María Seguí Llinas, Laura Martorell Bon, Patricia Arestuche Aguilar, Beatriz Garrido Conde, María Del Valle Sánchez Grao, Katia Sarraff Trujillo, Antoni Muntaner Alonso, Catalina Grimalt Ferragut, Andrea Soriano Marco, Viviana Gómez Rojas, Juan Pol Serra
Sudden cardiac death in children is a rare event, but of great social significance. Generally, it is related to heart disease with a risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), which may occur with cardiovascular symptoms and/or electrocardiographic markers; thus, a primary care paediatrician (PCP) could detect them. Therefore, we proposed a study that assesses how to put into practice and conduct a cardiovascular assessment within the routine healthy-child check-ups at six and twelve years of age; that reflects cardiovascular signs and symptoms, as well as the electrocardiographic alterations that children with a risk of SCD in the selected population present; and that assesses the PCP's skill at electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation...
March 8, 2024: European Journal of Pediatrics