SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL ATRIAL-FLUTTER WITH ANTITACHYCARDIA PACING

被引:4
作者
CASE, CL
GILLETTE, PC
ZEIGLER, VL
OSLIZLOK, PC
机构
[1] South Carolina Children's Heart Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
来源
PACE-PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY | 1990年 / 13卷 / 05期
关键词
antitachycardia pacing; congenital atrial flutter;
D O I
10.1111/j.1540-8159.1990.tb02069.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Congential atrial flutter is a condition that rarely requires chronic pharmacological therapy. An unusual case of congenital atrial flutter is described which was resistant to medical therapy, yet responded well to antitachycardia pacing. While most experience with antitachycardia pacing in pediatrics has been with the postoperative congenital heart patient, patients such as the one described with unscarred atria may prove to be the most suitable pediatric candidates for this pacing modality. Copyright © 1990, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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页码:571 / 573
页数:3
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