Abstract
Diagnosis and therapy of cardiac dysrhythmias in children have been developing quickly over the last 20 years. Curative treatment for the majority of tachyarrhythmias has been achieved by catheter ablation.
Multiple hereditary life-threatening arrhythmia syndromes have been discovered. Secondary as well as primary prevention of sudden arrhythmic death has become possible thanks to implantable defibrillators also in smaller children.
The following article provides practical as well as background knowledge of some of these developments.