Why the study?
Does pharmacologic therapy effectively treat idiopathic sustained left ventricular tachycardia in pediatric patients?
Population
8 pediatric patients with idiopathic sustained ventricular tachycardia originating from the left ventricle…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
mean 7.7 years (range 2.1-11.3 years)
Authors
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May support verapamil in pediatric idiopathic LV tachycardia; leaves open need for prospective trials.
Does pharmacologic therapy effectively treat idiopathic sustained left ventricular tachycardia in pediatric patients?
Pharmacologic therapy, particularly verapamil, is highly effective and remains the treatment of choice for pediatric idiopathic sustained left ventricular tachycardia due to a favorable long-term prognosis.
Yasui et al. (2001) studied this question.
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