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Emergent Radio frequency Ablation of the AV Node in a Neonate with Unstable, Refractory Supraventricular Tachycardia
Author(s) -
ERICKSON CHRISTOPHER C.,
CARR DARLENE,
GREER G. STEPHEN,
KIEL ERNEST A.,
TRYKA A. FRANCINE
Publication year - 1995
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.1540-8159.1995.tb03845.x
Subject(s) - supraventricular tachycardia , medicine , refractory (planetary science) , cardiology , tachycardia , atrioventricular node , ablation , supraventricular arrhythmia , anesthesia , atrial fibrillation , physics , astrobiology
Supraventricular tachycardia due to accessory atrioventricular connections in infants is usually well‐tolerated. Rarely an infant can have Supraventricular tachycardia that is incessant and refractory to medical therapy. We describe a patient with Supraventricular tachycardia detected prenatally that caused severe cardiac dysfunction and hemodynamic instability after birth.

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