With the informational and methodological support of the specialists of the State Expert Center, standards of medical care for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias in children have been developed and officially approved in Ukraine for the first time. Particular attention is paid to the early detection of risky channelopathies (long and short QT interval syndromes, Brugada syndrome, early repolarization syndrome, catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia) and paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia.
An irregular heart rhythm in a child can have various etiologies – from normal benign variants to malignant arrhythmias. The main task of doctors is to determine the cause of this condition, since it can be threatening or even life-threatening for the child.
The new standards will help doctors at all levels – from family physicians to narrow specialists – to act according to uniform algorithms and in line with international recommendations regarding:
- diagnostics and analysis of genetic risks;
- emergency therapy and treatment;
- further follow-up of patients.
The standards were developed on the basis of the clinical guideline “Life-threatening tachyarrhythmias in children”, which is based on evidence-based medicine and aligned with the best global practices.
For more detailed information on the texts of the standards and the clinical guideline, see the Register of Medical Technological Documents on the Center's website at the link https://www.dec.gov.ua/mtd/dytyacha-kardiologiya/
