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A population-based prospective evaluation of risk of sudden cardiac death after operation for common congenital heart defects

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The risk of late sudden death for patients surviving operation for common congenital heart defects is 25 to 100 times greater than an age-matched control population.
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This article is published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.The article was published on 1998-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 536 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sudden death & Sudden cardiac death.

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Sudden death in young competitive athletes. Clinical, demographic, and pathological profiles.

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TL;DR: Among patients with surgically repaired tetralogy of Fallot, the rate of long-term survival after the postoperative period is excellent but remains lower than that in the general population.
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Arrhythmia and Mortality After the Mustard Procedure: A 30-Year Single-Center Experience

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A population study of the natural history of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1953-1989.

TL;DR: The incidence of sudden death in a local community-based population is low and suggests that electrophysiological testing should not be performed routinely in asymptomatic patients with WPW syndrome, Nevertheless, young, asymPTomatic patients, particularly those <40 years old, should return for medical follow-up should symptoms develop.
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The long QT syndrome in children. An international study of 287 patients.

TL;DR: Patients with QTc of more than 0.60 are at particularly high risk for sudden death, and if treatment is not effective, consideration should be given to cardiac sympathetic denervation, pacemaker implantation, and perhaps implantation of a defibrillator.
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