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Accelerated ventricular rhythm in the newborn
Author(s) -
KUROTOBI SHUNJI,
MATSUSHITA TOHRU,
TAKEUCHI MAKOTO,
KOGAKI SHIGETOYO,
SANO TETSUYA,
ABE JIRO,
OKADA SHINTARO
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1995.tb03408.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rhythm , cardiology , cardiac arrhythmia , anesthesia , pediatrics , atrial fibrillation
Accelerated ventricular rhythm was observed in two newborn infants. Neither of them had any causative clinical symptoms for the ventricular arrhythmia. The arrhythmia disappeared when the infants were 18 days and 45 days old, respectively. Arrhythmia was noted in the fetal period, especially in case 1.