Sick sinus syndrome in children with a" healthy heart". Apropos of 2 cases with direct endocavitory tracing of the sino-atrial block

F Guillerm, M Gudin, M Desnos, A Barrillon… - … de Cardiologie et D' …, 1989 - europepmc.org
F Guillerm, M Gudin, M Desnos, A Barrillon, P Cristofini, O Guenot, C Guerot
Annales de Cardiologie et D'angeiologie, 1989europepmc.org
The sinus disease in children with" healthy hearts" is exceptional, and has never been
documented by tracing of the sinus node. We are reporting two cases of two children, aged 4
and 14 years. An electrophysiological exploration with measurement of the direct activity of
the sinus node, illustrates in one case the mechanism of sinus dysfunction. A review from the
literature and our cases specifies some of the characteristics of this disease: 1) there are two
forms: sporadic (case n. 1) 59 published cases, and familial (case n. 2) 28 published cases …
The sinus disease in children with" healthy hearts" is exceptional, and has never been documented by tracing of the sinus node. We are reporting two cases of two children, aged 4 and 14 years. An electrophysiological exploration with measurement of the direct activity of the sinus node, illustrates in one case the mechanism of sinus dysfunction. A review from the literature and our cases specifies some of the characteristics of this disease: 1) there are two forms: sporadic (case n. 1) 59 published cases, and familial (case n. 2) 28 published cases in 13 families; 2) the familial forms have a dominant autosomic transmission with variable penetration; 3) the disease may occur during the first days of life, suggesting a congenital origin (from the pathology findings, this disease may be one of the causes of the unexplained sudden death syndrome in infants; 4) association to atrio-ventricular conduction disorders and atrial and ventricular rhythm disorders; 5) frequent indication of stimulators, emphasizing the severity of this disease with a more severe course in sporadic forms (7 deaths in 59 cases).
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