Arrhythmias & electrophysiologyGuideline or statement

Diagnosis and management of very rare primary arrhythmia syndromes in children and adults: a Clinical Consensus Statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association of the ESC and the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions of the ESC, endorsed by the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology

EuropacePublished

  • Clinical consensus statement

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Age-specific clinical presentations, genetic testing and tailored therapy, incl. pharmacological treatments, left cardiac sympathetic denervation and selective use of ICDs

  2. Special attention to paediatric considerations, foetal diagnosis and multidisciplinary care

  3. Arrhythmic risk in metabolic and cardiomyopathic conditions; molecular autopsy and family screening in sudden unexplained death

Original publication

Diagnosis and management of very rare primary arrhythmia syndromes in children and adults: a Clinical Consensus Statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association of the ESC and the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions of the ESC, endorsed by the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology. Europace. Published 28 August 2026. doi:10.1093/europace/euag184

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