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Multiple External Electrical Cardioversions for Refractory Neonatal Atrial Flutter

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This report describes a case of atrial flutter in a fetal/neonatal patient who did not respond to adenosine, a propafenone bolus, and three electrical external cardioversions. A fourth direct current cardioversion after propafenone premedication resolved the atrial flutter. The arrhythmia did not recur with propafenone therapy during a 12-month follow-up period.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Simone Gulletta & Paolo Della Bella

  2. Department of Pediatrics, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Rosanna Rovelli

  3. Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, San Raffaele University Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Rossana Fiori

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Gulletta, S., Rovelli, R., Fiori, R. et al. Multiple External Electrical Cardioversions for Refractory Neonatal Atrial Flutter. Pediatr Cardiol 33, 354–356 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-011-0131-5

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