All issues > Volume 11(9); 1968

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1968;11(9):495-498. Published online September 30, 1968.

Paroxysmal Tachycardia in Children

Chang Yee Hong¹

¹Departmentof Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Three cases of paroxysmal tachycardia in children which have been observed in past five years were presented and reviewed. AII of them were male and were brought to the hospital with symptoms of heart failure. The intervals between the estimated onset of the attack and the time when they were brought to the hospital were at least 4, 5. and 9 days respectively. The chief complaints by their parents were ‘ indigestion", tachypnea, puffy . face and vomiting. AII of them had hepatomegaly and cardiomegaly. One of them had Wolff-Parkinson.White syndrome. Two patients had recurrence. In each attack they responded to digitalization. Reflex stimulation of the vagus nerve was attempted in six occasions and was successful only in one occasion.

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