|Videos|April 17, 2013

ADHD Medication and EKG Screening

William A. Scott, MD, addresses the question of whether children who are initiating use of ADHD medication need to have an EKG.

In this video, William A. Scott, MD, FHRS, FACC, FAAP, a professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center and chief of the division of cardiology and co-director of the Heart Center at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas, addresses the question of whether children who are initiating use of ADHD medication need to have an EKG.

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