Acute pharmacologic testing of incessant supraventricular tachycardia in a child

John P. Finley, Carmelindo Siqueira, Douglas L. Roy

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Resumen

A 3 1/2-year-old child with incessant supraventricular tachycardia was investigated with intravenous vago-mimetic drugs, which had unexpected beneficial results. These observations suggested selection of digitalis as the antiarrhythmic drug, which would not otherwise have been chosen. The potential advantages of non-invasive, acute autonomic modulation for optimal drug selection in children with arrhythmias are illustrated by this case.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)27-30
Número de páginas4
PublicaciónPediatric Cardiology
Volumen3
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublished - mar. 1982
Publicado de forma externa

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Journal Article

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