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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1977;20(3):211-214. Published online March 31, 1977.

3 Cases of Acute Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia.

J O Song, T B Kwon, S J Kang, Y C Tockgo

¹Department of Pediatrics College of Medicine, Korea University, Korea.

Abstract

Paroxysmal atrial (supraventricular) tachycardia is rare arrhythmia in infancy apd it's clinical important view of points are this condtion could produce acute congestive heart failure which may require emergency care. We were experienced 3 cases of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia in which one case was complicated with congestive heart failure and the other case was complicated with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. All cases were responded to digitalization with digoxin. Review of literature were also made briefly.

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