A Case of Chronic Atrial Tachycardia. |
Jae Seon Park1, AVon Yong Kim1, Soon Yong Lee2, Chang Yee Heng3 |
1Department of Pediatrics, Pusan Gospel Hospital, Busan, Korea. 2Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Korea. 3Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. |
慢性 心房性 頻搏症 1例 |
朴在瑄1, 金元龍1, 李純鎔2, 洪彭義3 |
1釜山福音病院 小兒科 2漢陽大學校 醫科大學 小兒科 3서울大學校 醫科大學 小兒科 |
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Abstract |
A case of chronic atrial tachycardia in a 12-year-old boy is reported. His complaints were frequent precordial palpitation and mild exertional dyspnea with 6 months duration, EKG showed the findings of chronic atrial tachycardia, repetitive type. Digitalis therapy was established and continued for about 6 months. The attack of tachycardia ceased from 2 weeks after beginning of the treatment and didn't reappeared until the end of treatment. After cessation of digitalis therapy, follow-up study was made for over 6 months but no attack of tachycardia was observed even during this period. A review of literatures was made briefly. |
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