Not even the biggest enthusiasts among cardiologists could predict, at the end of the 1980s, the impact that catheter ablation would have on the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Since its advent, evidence, and clinical experience have accumulated that allow to affirm its effectiveness in the treatment of the most varied forms of cardiac tachyarrhythmias in individuals of all age groups.– Particularly in the pediatric population, these perspectives have gradually shifted from the use of catheter ablation only in cases of […]

Knowledge of the electrocardiogram remains constantly evolving in medical practice. The new interfaces for electrocardiogram (ECG) correlation with cardiac images and heart functional changes increase the method’s applicability. However, in children and adolescents, the constant change generated by these young people’s body and functional development often generates doubts in the interpretation of electrocardiographic tracings, even in the most experienced professionals. Recently, important data on ECG interpretation were extensively reviewed in the IV Guidelines of the Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia on […]