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Arrhythmias and sudden death
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Newborn in cardiogenic shock
Abstract
Clinical introduction A 2-month-old baby boy was referred to our centre due to tachycardia and acute heart failure. The ECG showed a narrow complex tachycardia with a heart rate of 300 beats per minute (Figure 1). Echocardiographically, a patent foramen ovale and a parachute mitral valve with mild regurgitation were diagnosed; cardiac function was highly impaired.
Question Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Ectopic atrial tachycardia
Atrial flutter
Chaotic atrial tachycardia
Focal micro re-entrant tachycardia
Atrial fibrillation
Question
- electrocardiography
- supraventricular arrhythmias