Expert Perspective: Non-Invasive Prediction of Arrhythmias in ACHD Patients-Expert Perspective with Daniel Cortez, MD, CCDS

Expert Perspective with Daniel Cortez, MD, CCDS

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Daniel Cortez, a pediatric and adult congenital electrophysiologist at the University of Minnesota, discusses arrhythmia prediction in patients with adult congenital heart disease. He highlights the high prevalence of arrhythmias in these patients, such as ventricular arrhythmias in tetralogy of Fallot patients and atrial arrhythmias in patients with transposition of the great artery or atrial septal defects. He also mentions risk factors for ventricular arrhythmias, including prior palliative shunt and type of repair. Vector cardiography, which looks at the X, Y, and Z axis of the EKG, is discussed as a non-invasive method for assessing arrhythmia risk.

Keywords

arrhythmia prediction

ventricular arrhythmias

atrial arrhythmias

risk factors

vector cardiography