Thirty-Six Children with Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia / 实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the clinical characteristics and therapy of children with idiopathic ventricular tachycardia(IVT).Method Clinical features,laboratory examination,treatment and outcomes of cases involving 36 children with IVT were retrospectively and statistically analysed.Results IVT often happened in teenagers.The average age of selected patients was 7 years and 8 months,and the ratio of male and female was 1.11.Electrokardiogram(EKG)results showed 23 cases(63.8%)were VT that arised from the left ventricular tachycardia(ILVT)with right bundle branch block,and 13 cases(36%)were VT that arise from the right ventricular outflow tract(RVOT VT)with left bundle branch block.Among the 23 children with tachycardia,15 children had palpitation,2 children had syncope.Of the 13 children with right ventricular tachycardia,3 children had increased heartbeat,and 1 child suffered from weakness,others had no significant clinical symptoms.Cases with ILVT had more serious clinical symptoms than cases with right ventricular tachycardia.It was of marked significance to compare their differences(P