Key result
Synchronized cardioversion with 2 J successfully terminated atrial flutter in a newborn who presented with congestive heart failure, maintaining normal sinus rhythm at 3 months follow-up.
Case Report (n=1)
Synchronized cardioversion successfully and safely terminated medically refractory atrial flutter in a newborn presenting with congestive heart failure.
May support low-energy cardioversion in refractory neonatal atrial flutter with heart failure; leaves open need for prospective validation before practice change.
Fetal and neonatal arrhythmias present as diagnostic and therapeutic challenges to obstetricians and neonatologists. We present a case of antenatally detected atrial flutter in which the infant presented with congestive cardiac failure at birth and a short review of tachyarrhythmias in the perinatal period.
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Femitha et al. (2011) conducted a case report in Atrial flutter (n=1). Synchronized cardioversion was evaluated on Termination of arrhythmia and restoration of normal sinus rhythm. Synchronized cardioversion with 2 J successfully terminated atrial flutter in a newborn who presented with congestive heart failure, maintaining normal sinus rhythm at 3 months follow-up.
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