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Glenn Wetzel, MD PhD
- Director, Pediatric Interventional Electrophysiology
Expertise: Pediatric Electrophysiology
Pediatric Electrophysiology: Treating Complex Arrhythmias
我们在Blalock-Taussig-Thomas儿科和先天性心脏中心的儿科电生理(EP)团队为婴儿提供全面的心律护理, children, adolescents and adults born with heart disease.
我们是管理所有可能导致心脏骤停的心律相关疾病的专家.
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How We Diagnose Pediatric Arrhythmias
Not all arrhythmias are harmful. 但重要的是要确定哪些因素会影响孩子的健康、安全或幸福. We can assess your child’s heart rhythms through:
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Holter and event monitoring electrophysiology studies
- Implantable loop recorders
- 先进的测绘诊断技术,包括低辐射 fluoroscopy.
How We Can Treat Your Child for Arrhythmias
可能会推荐一种或多种治疗方法来解决您孩子的心律失常.
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In some situations, medicine can help control symptoms of an arrhythmia, prevent episodes, or make those occurrences shorter and less intense. For drug therapy, 你的孩子可能需要定期验血,以确保药物水平安全有效.
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有些类型的心律失常是由于激活心脏肌肉组织的电脉冲出现问题. For some of these heart rhythm disorders, a technique called radiofrequency ablation (RFA) can be a lasting way to treat the problem.
Using small, flexible tubes called catheters, 医生引导精密的仪器穿过血管到达心脏的正确位置. 医生对引起心律失常的心脏部位进行加热. Another technique, called cryoablation, uses targeted cold to freeze the lesions.
许多接受RFA或冷冻消融治疗的孩子可以在手术当天回家, and return to their normal activities in about a week.
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如果您孩子复杂的心律需要在体内安装一个装置,我们可以提供出色的护理. Blalock-Taussig-Thomas儿科和先天性心脏中心在最新的起搏器和除颤器方面拥有专业知识, and experience in using them to help children. 我们的设备植入技术通常可以避免更大的手术,并且可以减少疤痕.
If the diagnosis indicates a pacemaker may be necessary, 专门负责心脏起搏器的护士可以直接告诉你的孩子接下来会发生什么.
监测孩子的起搏器或植入的心脏装置
Through remote monitoring, 我们的团队可以从您孩子的设备中获得重要的临床信息, including changes in functioning, while your child remains home. 这种监测可以检测到孩子细微的心律变化,即使他或她没有感觉到, and initiate treatment promptly if it is necessary.
远程监控还可以通过减少在医院亲自随访的次数,为您的家人增加便利.
Minimizing Pacemaker ScarsAlthough effective therapy is our first priority, we also take a cosmetically conscious approach, 与您和您的孩子一起工作,使我们的治疗对您孩子的外表和自信的影响最小. 如果你的孩子已经接受了心脏起搏器,并且担心手术后会留下疤痕, we offer scar revision to minimize the scar’s appearance.
Inherited Arrhythmias and Sudden Death
有些心律失常是遗传的,可以影响整个家族. At the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Center, 成人和儿童电生理学家一起工作,照顾遗传性心律失常综合征的家庭,如:
- Long QT syndrome
- Brugada syndrome
- CPVT
- Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
- NKX2.5 and others
Specialists at our dedicated Familial Arrhythmia Clinic 可以在同一时间同一地点看到同一家庭的成人和儿童成员吗, making it easier for you if you live far away. 家族性心律失常团队包括专业的心脏遗传咨询师,他们可以帮助您诊断心脏遗传疾病, 并帮助你理解它们对你和你所爱的人意味着什么.
如果你怀孕了,并且你的家人有先天性心脏病, we can coordinate genetic testing through Johns Hopkins’ Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment Center 帮助您和您的医生了解您未出生的宝宝可能面临的风险.
Meet the Experts in Children's Arrhythmia
为什么选择Blalock-Taussig-Thomas儿科和先天性心脏中心
Expertise.
我们有一系列可用的治疗方法,以及使用这些方法的高水平技能. 这意味着我们的团队可以专注于照顾您的孩子,用最有效和最小的侵入性方法.
The latest approaches, informed by science.
As part of the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Center, 整个儿科心脏病学研究团队正在努力解决儿科和先天性心律失常的挑战. 他们的发现为新的诊断和治疗方法开辟了道路, 并承诺在治疗小儿心律失常方面有一个令人兴奋的未来.
Family-centered arrhythmia care.
无论你是带着孩子从街对面还是从全国各地来看我们, 我们不仅考虑我们的推荐十大正规网赌平台,也考虑每一个爱他们、关心他们的人. Clear communication on each step of your child’s treatment, along with convenient locations and scheduling, make things easier on your family.
An approach that supports your child’s total well-being.
心脏病,尤其是慢性心脏病,会影响整个孩子. 我们的团队与儿童生活和心理学专家合作,为每位患者提供完整的治疗方法, hopes and concerns into account.