Shamsa Alkaabi* and Ismail Al Abri
National Heart Centre, Royal Hospital, Oman
*Corresponding author: Shamsa Alkaabi, National Heart Centre, Royal Hospital, Oman.
Received: January 19, 2023; Accepted: January 30, 2022; Published: February 15, 2023
Citation: Alkaabi S, Abri IA. Successful Catheter Ablation in a Neonate with Supraventricular Tachycardia. Case Rep Clin Cardiol J. 2023; 3(1): 123.
Tachyarrhythmias in the neonatal period accounts for approximately 5% of the total arrhythmias. The most common type is Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) followed by atrial tachycardia with an ectopic origin [1]. On the other hand, the most common reported dysrhythmia in the fetal life is Atrioventricular Reentry tachycardia (AVRT) and atrial flutter [2]. In most cases of tachyarrhythmias, pharmacological therapies and sometimes electrical cardioversion maybe sufficient to terminate arrhythmias with a good control later on. This report presents a case of a 30 days old neonate weighing 3Kg who presented with a drug refractory SVT which led to a severe hemodynamic instability. He eventually underwent emergency radiofrequency ablation which successfully terminated the arrhythmia.
