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Amiodarone used alone or in
combination with propranolol: a very effective therapy for tachyarrhythmias in infants and
children
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Fabrizio Drago, Andrea Mazza,
Massimo Stefano Silvetti, Antonella Mafrici, Gaetano Di Liso, Pietro Ragonese.
Pediatric Cardiology Department, Bambino Gesu Hospital, Rome, Italy
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Introduction
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Amiodarone, a class III antiarrhythmic agent, is often
used in the treatment of pediatric patients with medical resistant and life-threatening
supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias1-4.
The aim of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness of amiodarone used alone in
infants and children affected by life-threatening or drug resistant tachyarrhythmias, if
age is related to amiodarone therapy failure and if propranolol, a non-selective
beta-blocker agent, could improve the success rate of amiodarone.
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