Ectopic atrial tachycardia in a young athlete.
We report the case of a young boy on routine sports medical examination, who presented an incessant atrial tachycardia. At the slightest exercise the ventricular rhythm accelerated to 160 beats.min-1. Exercise capacity was excellent, and a treatment with propafenone suppressed the tachyarrhythmia.
Academic Hospital, Sports Medicine and Cardiology Department, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
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De Wolf
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013612:Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013715:Tennis / Q000502:physiology