You are in Today's Live Events . This button will become active one hour before the event begins. Pediatric cardiologists Gerald A. Serwer, MD, and Peter S. Fischbach, MD, of the University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center in Ann Arbor, will answer your questions about treating these special heart patients.
Arrhythmias are abnormal heart rhythms.
They result from problems with the heart s electrical system and can occur at any age. Arrhythmias occur in children with otherwise normal hearts in association with congenital heart defects and after surgery for congenital heart disease. Serwer is a professor in pediatrics and communicable diseases and an attending pediatric cardiologist. Serwer specializes in pacemaker and defibrillator implantation and follow-up, pediatric and fetal echocardiography, and computer applications in medicine. Fischbach is an attending pediatric cardiologist and assistant professor in pediatrics and communicable diseases.