The use of flecainide in critical neonates and infants with incessant supraventricular tachycardias. 2015

Yakup Ergül, and İsa Özyılmaz, and Murat Saygı, and Hasan Tahsin Tola, and Celal Akdeniz, and Volkan Tuzcu
Department of Cardiology, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiocvascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of flecainide therapy in neonates and infants with drug resistant incessant supraventricular tachycardia. METHODS The study included 11 neonates and infants who received medical and/or ablation therapy between January 2010 and December 2013. Mean patient age and weight were 101.6 ± 96 days and 5.3 ± 1.9 kg respectively. Of the 12 patients, 5 underwent ablation between January 2010 and December 2011, and 6 were treated medically between January 2012 and December 2013. Mean follow-up time was 18 months (6 months-4 years). RESULTS The antiarrhythmic agent flecainide only became available in Turkey in 2012, and the most noteworthy point was its addition to the therapy administered prior to ablation (adenosine, esmolol-propranolol, propafenone, amiodarone and cardioversion). In all 6 patients admitted between January 2012 and December 2013, refractory SVT was successfully treated with the administration of a triple therapy regimen of esmolol-propranolol, amiodarone and flecainide. One patient with myocarditis developed an atrial flutter complicated by a concealed accessory pathway and was put on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support due to cardiopulmonary failure. The SVT was terminated, but the patient died on the fifteenth day of ECMO support. One patient with recurrent tachycardia, who had previously undergone ablation for a complex cardiac anomaly and Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome, was treated with ablation again. No recurrence of tachycardia was observed in any of the other 9 patients. CONCLUSIONS It appears that the use of propranolol-esmolol and amiodarone combined with flecainide in the medical treatment of drug-resistant SVT may reduce the need for ablation in critical neonates and infants.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D011412 Propanolamines AMINO ALCOHOLS containing the propanolamine (NH2CH2CHOHCH2) group and its derivatives. Aminopropanols
D011433 Propranolol A widely used non-cardioselective beta-adrenergic antagonist. Propranolol has been used for MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARRHYTHMIA; ANGINA PECTORIS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MIGRAINE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; and ANXIETY but adverse effects instigate replacement by newer drugs. Dexpropranolol,AY-20694,Anaprilin,Anapriline,Avlocardyl,Betadren,Dociton,Inderal,Obsidan,Obzidan,Propanolol,Propranolol Hydrochloride,Rexigen,AY 20694,AY20694,Hydrochloride, Propranolol
D004359 Drug Therapy, Combination Therapy with two or more separate preparations given for a combined effect. Combination Chemotherapy,Polychemotherapy,Chemotherapy, Combination,Combination Drug Therapy,Drug Polytherapy,Therapy, Combination Drug,Chemotherapies, Combination,Combination Chemotherapies,Combination Drug Therapies,Drug Polytherapies,Drug Therapies, Combination,Polychemotherapies,Polytherapies, Drug,Polytherapy, Drug,Therapies, Combination Drug
D005260 Female Females
D005424 Flecainide A potent anti-arrhythmia agent, effective in a wide range of ventricular and atrial ARRHYTHMIAS and TACHYCARDIAS. Flecainide Acetate,Apocard,Flecadura,Flecainid-Isis,Flecainide Monoacetate,Flecainide Monoacetate, (+-)-Isomer,Flecainide Monoacetate, (R)-Isomer,Flecainide Monoacetate, (S)-Isomer,Flecainide, (R)-Isomer,Flecainide, (S)-Isomer,Flecainide, 5-HO-N-(6-oxo)-Derivative,Flecainide, 5-HO-N-(6-oxo)-Derivative, (+-)-Isomer,Flecatab,Flécaïne,R818,Tambocor,Flecainid Isis
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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