Impact of early and standardized treatment with amiodarone on therapeutic success and outcome in pediatric patients with postoperative tachyarrhythmia
Impact of early and standardized treatment with amiodarone on therapeutic success and outcome in pediatric patients with postoperative tachyarrhythmia
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.04.011
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发表时间:
2008-11-01
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6
通讯作者:
Camphausen, Christoph K.
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作者:
Haas, Nikolaus A.;Camphausen, Christoph K.
Objective: Effects of timing of inception of amiodarone antiarrhythmic treatment after corrective surgery for congenital heart defects are not yet well defined.Methods: In a 10-year prospective observational study, 71 of 2651 patients (2885 procedures, 2106 bypass procedures) received amiodarone for newly detected postoperative atrial (n = 70) or ventricular (n = 7) tachyarrhythmia: early treatment (initiation within 60 minutes of arrhythmia detection) and late treatment (after that). From an interim analysis, a treatment protocol was established (32 patients). Inotropic requirements were monitored, as were heart rate, blood pressure, central venous pressure, and sedation requirements.Results: With early treatment (n = 29), delay before start of amiodarone was 40.7 +/- 21.9 minutes, versus 227.7 +/- 228.1 minutes (P