Successful use of intravenous amiodarone in a child with combined postoperative junctional and ectopic tachycardias.
Early postoperative arrhythmias are a known complication of cardiac surgery. It is unusual, however, to encounter postoperative junctional and ectopic atrial tachycardias in the same patient. We describe our experience with a 2-year-old girl who suffered both these tachycardias after repair of a ventricular septal defect, the abnormal rhythms being controlled solely with intravenous administration of amiodarone.
Karacan
Mehmet
M
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Ataturk University Faculty of Medicine,Erzurum, Turkey. mehmet.karacan@gmail.com
Olgun
Haşim
H
Becit
Necip
N
D000638:Amiodarone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013612:Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013613:Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000638:Amiodarone