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Catecholamine induced double tachycardia: case report in a child. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1980 Jan;3(1):96-103

Date

01/01/1980

Pubmed ID

6160500

DOI

10.1111/j.1540-8159.1980.tb04308.x

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0018825204 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   24 Citations

Abstract

A six-year-old girl with syncope in association with atrial flutter-fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia produced by exercise or emotion is presented. The tachycardias could be reproduced by low-dose isoproterenol infusion and were blocked by high dose propranolol therapy. Catecholamine-induced tachyarrhythmias should be suspected in children with unexplained syncope in association with exercise or emotion.

Author List

Benson DW Jr, Gallagher JJ, Sterba R, Klein GJ, Armstrong BE

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Atrial Fibrillation
Catecholamines
Child
Electrocardiography
Electrophysiology
Female
Humans
Physical Exertion
Propranolol
Stress, Psychological
Syncope
Tachycardia