Yu.G. KOCHNEVA, N.N. FIRSOVA, L.I. BASANOVA

Children’s Republican Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Health of Republic of Tatarstan, 140 Orenburgsky Trakt, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420138

Kochneva Yu.G. — Head of Functional Diagnostics Department, tel. +7-927-422-00-37, e-mail: drkbkochneva@mail.ru

Firsova N.N. — Head of Cardio-Rheumatology Department, tel. +7-917-866-30-44, e-mail: Nataliya.Firsova@tatar.ru

Basanova L.I. — First Deputy Head Doctor, cardiologist, tel. +7-927-249-45-15, e-mail: Liliya.Basanova@tatar.ru

The article summarizes the experience of performing the transesophageal electrophysiological studies in 524 patients aged 5 to 17 with cardiac rhythm disturbances. Indications to perform transesophageal electrophysiological studies in children are reviewed, the possibility and detection rate of life-threatening arrhythmias is presented. The efficiency of severe rhythm disorders reduction with the help of transesophageal electrocardiostimulation is demonstrated.

Key words: transesophageal electrophysiological studies, rhythm disorders, paroxysmal tachycardia, WPW-syndrome, sick sinus syndrome.