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ArticlePediatric reports2020

Incessant Automatic Atrial Tachycardia in a Neonate Successfully Treated with Nadolol and Closely Spaced Doses of Flecainide: A Case Report.

Gilda Belli, Mattia Giovannini, Giulio Porcedda, Marco Moroni, Giancarlo la Marca, Guglielmo Capponi, Silvia Favilli, Luciano De Simone

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Article in Pediatric reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Gilda BelliDepartment of Health Sciences, Post-graduate School of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's University Hospital, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Mattia GiovanniniDepartment of Health Sciences, Post-graduate School of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's University Hospital, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Giulio PorceddaDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Marco MoroniNeonatal Intensive Care Unit-Medical Surgical Fetal-Neonatal Department, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Giancarlo la MarcaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, Meyer Children's University Hospital, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Guglielmo CapponiDepartment of Health Sciences, Post-graduate School of Pediatrics, Meyer Children's University Hospital, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Silvia FavilliDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Luciano De SimoneDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Viale Pieraccini 24, 50139 Florence, Italy.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Supraventricular tachyarrhythmia (SVT) is the most common type of arrhythmia in childhood. Management can be challenging with an associated risk of mortality. A female neonate was diagnosed with episodes of SVT, controlled antenatally with digoxin. Flecainide was commenced prophylactically at birth. Despite treatment, the infant developed a narrow complex tachycardia at 5 days of age. The electrocardiogram features were suggestive of either re-entry tachycardia or of automatic atrial tachycardia (AAT). Following several unsuccessful treatments, a wide complex tachycardia developed. A transesophageal electrophysiological study led to a diagnosis of AAT. Stable sinus rhythm was finally achieved through increasing daily administrations of flecainide up to six times a day, in association with nadolol. The shortening of intervals to this extent has never been reported before and supports the evidence of a personal, age-specific variability in pharmacokinetics of flecainide. Larger studies are needed to better define the appropriate dose and timing of administration.

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automatic atrial tachycardiaflecainidenewbornpharmacokineticssupraventricular tachyarrhythmia

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PMID33187141
PMCPMC7717654
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