title: Prolonged electrical quiescence after direct current cardioversion for atrial flutter in congenital heart disease.
abstract: Elective direct current cardioversion is considered first-line treatment in many cases of atrial flutter and fibrillation. This also is true in the pediatric population. This report describes a case of successful cardioversion that resulted in a very prolonged electrical quiescence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Kentucky, 800 Rose St, MN 147, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. bkakavand@uky.edu
authors.forename: Bahram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kakavand
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vranicar
mesh_terms: D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans