Electrocardiogram of the neonate and infant

Title : Electrocardiogram of the neonate and infant

Abstract:

The ECG in children has a number of characteristic differences compared to the ECG of the adult. The transition of the ECG in neonates after birth represents dynamic changes of the circulatory system due to the postnatal adaptation, different physiologic properties of the fetal and neonatal myocardium, the location and orientation of the heart in the chest and influence of body mass during that period and later on in childhood. The ECG is an obligatory diagnostic tool in childhood arrhythmias. The complexity of changes implies a broad variation of ECG changes during the first days and weeks of life, whose interpretation requires expert knowledge. Audience Take Away: • The neonatal changes of the ECG are extreme. The knowledge of these changes explains the presentation of ECG during childhood. • Preventing misinterpretation of the ECG in Childhood. Explains why routine ECG/screening in the very young is not very useful.

Biography:

Professor Konrad Brockmeier MD is a professor of pediatrics and the director of the department of pediatric cardiology at the University of Cologne, Germany, since 2002. He graduated in medicine at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. He was an associate professor at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology. He has served in Council of the Association of the European Paediatric Cardiologist (AEPC) until 2018 as a Scientific Secretary. He was also member of the Board of the International Society of Computerized Electrocardiology (ISCE) from 2003-2013 and 2016 until now.