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Catecholamine Induced Double Tachycardia: Case Report in a Child
Author(s) -
BENSON D. WOODROW,
GALLAGHER JOHN J.,
STERBA RICHARD,
KLEIN GEORGE J.,
ARMSTRONG BRENDA E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1980.tb04308.x
Subject(s) - medicine , propranolol , cardiology , catecholamine , atrial flutter , tachycardia , ventricular tachycardia , anesthesia , ventricular fibrillation , atrial fibrillation
A six‐year‐old girl with syncope in association with atrial flutter‐fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia produced by exercise or emotion is presented. The tachycardias could be reproduced by low‐dose isoprolerenol infusion and were blocked by high dose propranolol therapy. Catecholamine‐induced tachyarrhythmias should be suspected in children with unexplained syncope in association with exercise or emotion.