小儿很少由心血管疾病引起猝死(Suddenunexpected death)。因此,尚无大系列的病例报告。本报告采自欧美很多心脏病专科机构的病例,目的在于确定小儿心脏病的种类,猝死的情况及预防的可能性。猝死的定义为立即死亡或在急性症状发作后24小时内死亡。为了确定是猝死,采用的病例限于未卧床与未住院的病人。本组患儿年龄 Children rarely suffer sudden death from cardiovascular disease (Suddenunexpected death). Therefore, there is no large series of case reports. This report is from many cardiological institutions in Europe and the United States cases, the purpose is to determine the type of heart disease in children, sudden death and the possibility of prevention. Sudden death is defined as immediate death or death within 24 hours after the onset of acute symptoms. In order to determine the sudden death, the cases used were limited to ambulatory and non-hospitalized patients. This group of children’s age