Abstract
Arrhythmias make difficult the care of many adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). They are one of the leading causes of morbidity and also mortality in these patients. Their incidence and the trouble of management have made arrhythmia a reason of interest for physicians that are working in this area. In the USA, it is evaluated that there are about one million CHD patients, up to 20 % with severe disease, who need surgical intervention. The predisposing factors for arrhythmia in these patients may include aging, congenitally abnormal or displaced conduction system, abnormal hemodynamics, mechanical strain, hypoxia-induced stress, and residual or postoperative sequels. Indeed, the substrate of arrhythmia in adults with CHD is very complex. All arrhythmias that are prevalent in the normal population may also happen in CHD, and some other specific types are detected, for example, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in Ebstein anomaly.
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Diz, A.A., Alizadehasl, A. (2014). Electrocardiography and Cardiac Arrhythmias in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. In: Sadeghpour, A., Kyavar, M., Alizadehasl, A. (eds) Comprehensive Approach to Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6383-1_14
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