Sick sinus syndrome of functional nature in children

In a study of 2239 patients the diagnosis of sick sinus syndrome was made in 120 children aged from 7 to 17 years of both sexes. According to the results of the cardiorespiratory synchronism test and to clinical methods that exclude organic heart disease, there were identified 103 patients with sick sinus syndrome of functional nature among 120 children. It is shown that the establishment of functional or organic nature of sick sinus syndrome by the integrative objective screening method - the cardiorespiratory synchronism test, as compared to conventional diagnostic methods is fast, less complexity. Diagnosis by the use of a functional test is carried out in children with different types of personality, anxiety levels, adaptability, ECG-variants. The significance of the cardiorespiratory synchronism test in the evaluating of the efficacy of treatment in children with sick sinus syndrome is shown.