Why the study?
Does oral flecainide reduce PVCs in children with refractory ventricular tachycardia?
Population
16 children aged 18 days to 20 years with frequent PVCs and refractory ventricular tachycardia who failed a…
Comparison
Oral flecainide therapy vs Baseline 24-hour ambulatory monitoring
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
48 hours
Authors
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May support flecainide in refractory pediatric VT; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective trials.
Does oral flecainide reduce PVCs in children with refractory ventricular tachycardia?
Oral flecainide effectively reduces PVCs in children with refractory ventricular tachycardia, potentially decreasing the risk for reentrant VT.
Hays et al. (1989) studied this question.
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