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Chapter 11 on cardiac arrhythmias considers current arrhythmias in the pediatric ICU in terms of diagnostic procedures, clinical significance, and treatment. In addition, an overview is given of the most common differential diagnoses of pediatric arrhythmias. Antiarrhythmics and various diagnostic tests complete the overview.

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  1. Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pediatric Heart Center of Giessen, Children’s Heart Transplantation Center, UKGM GmbH, Giessen, Germany

    Maria B. Gonzalez y Gonzalez

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  1. Center for Paediatrics and Youth Health Singen, Singen, Germany

    Dietrich Klauwer

  2. Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Paediatric Cardiac ICU and Heart Transplantation Program, Gießen, Germany

    Christoph Neuhaeuser

  3. Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg, Paediatric Cardiac ICU and Heart Transplantation Program, Gießen, Germany

    Josef Thul

  4. Global Medical Leader in Medical Affairs, Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Allschwil, Switzerland

    Rainer Zimmermann

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Gonzalez y Gonzalez, M.B. (2019). Cardiac Arrhythmias. In: Klauwer, D., Neuhaeuser, C., Thul, J., Zimmermann, R. (eds) A Practical Handbook on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92441-0_11

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