title: Familial neonatal atrial tachycardia.
abstract: A father and his two sons each presented with atrial tachycardia in the newborn period. The father went on to develop dilated cardiomyopathy. The first son (who also had transposition of the great arteries) died from the arrhythmia after surgery. The second son is currently successfully managed pharmacologically.
authors.affiliation: Royal Brompton Hospital, London.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balaji
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Shinebourne
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography; D005192:Family Health; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000151:congenital* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology