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Successful treatment of the focal ectopic atrial tachycardia in an infant with a single dose of ivabradin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2023

Oguzhan Gul Open the ORCID record for Oguzhan Gul [Opens in a new window] ,
Hasan Candas Kafali Open the ORCID record for Hasan Candas Kafali [Opens in a new window]  and
Yakup Ergul
Oguzhan Gul*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Research and Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Hasan Candas Kafali
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Research and Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Yakup Ergul
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Research and Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Author for correspondence: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, İstanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Research and Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. E-mail: droguzkaan80@hotmail.com
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Abstract

We report on a 12-month-old boy with an ectopic atrial tachycardia successfully treated with the ivabradine that acts on cardiac pacemaker cells by selectively inhibiting the If channel. The patient was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia in another centre, and multi-drug therapy was unsuccessful to restore sinus ryhthm, so he was sent to our hospital for catheter ablation. We stopped the medications the patient was taking and started using ivabradine. Sinus rhythm was restored 2 hours after ivabradine treatment was started.

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Ectopic atrial tachycardiainfantivabradinpaediatric

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 33 , Issue 9 , September 2023 , pp. 1750 - 1752
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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