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Chaotic atrial tachycardia-related ventricular fibrillation in a 2-month-old baby with Wolff-Pakinson-White syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2010

Jae K. Ko ,
Young H. Kim  and
In S. Park
Jae K. Ko*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Young H. Kim
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
In S. Park
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
*
Correspondence to: Jae Kon Ko, MD, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 388-1 Pungnap-2dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. Tel: 82 2 3010 3375; Fax: 82 2 473 3725; E-mail: jgko@amc.seoul.kr
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Abstract

A 2-month-old baby was resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation attributed to a concurrent chaotic atrial tachycardia with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. He underwent successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of an accessory pathway. Throughout the 4-year follow-up after the procedure, the boy remained free of any drugs, was in sinus rhythm without ventricular pre-excitation and his growth and development were normal.

Keywords

Ventricular pre-excitationchaotic atrial rhythmradiofrequency catheter ablationinfant
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 2010 , pp. 214 - 217
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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