Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome presenting with steroid-induced bradycardia in a patient with acute rheumatic fever

Orgun A., Gursu H. A., Cetin İ. İ.

Cardiology in the Young, vol.28, no.11, pp.1375-1377, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1017/s1047951118001336
  • Journal Name: Cardiology in the Young
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1375-1377
  • Keywords: Acute rheumatic fever, arrhythmia, echocardiography
  • Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

© Cambridge University Press 2018.Steroids are used in the treatment of acute rheumatic fever with moderate-to-severe carditis. Corticosteroids have several cardiovascular side affects that are more common in adults than in children. Corticosteroid-related bradycardia is a rarely seen side effect. Children with bradycardia following oral corticosteroid use are rarely reported previously. We present a child who developed bradycardia after oral corticosteroid treatment and concurrent Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern.