Efficacy of landiolol for the treatment of junctional ectopic tachycardia resulting from sepsis

Cardiol Young. 2016 Jan;26(1):183-7. doi: 10.1017/S1047951115000244. Epub 2015 Mar 18.

Abstract

Junctional ectopic tachycardia, after surgery for CHD, is a serious arrhythmia that can cause increased morbidity and mortality. We report a case of junctional ectopic tachycardia, preceded by sepsis, in a 4-year-old girl, 31 months after open-heart surgery. She was successfully treated using low-dose landiolol hydrochloride.

Keywords: Junctional ectopic tachycardia; landiolol; sepsis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Morpholines / therapeutic use*
  • Sepsis / complications
  • Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional / drug therapy*
  • Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional / etiology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Urea / analogs & derivatives*
  • Urea / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Morpholines
  • landiolol
  • Urea