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. 1993 Jul;70(1):84–87. doi: 10.1136/hrt.70.1.84

Acceleration of the ventricular response to atrial flutter by amiodarone in an infant with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

J A Till 1,2, Mark Baxendall 1,2, A Benetar 1,2
PMCID: PMC1025235  PMID: 8038005

Abstract

Amiodarone resulted in a rapid ventricular response to atrial flutter in an infant with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.

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