Abstract:Registrar, Children's Hospital, Sheffield right costal margin; heart enlarged; heart rate 280; and raised venous jugular pressure. X-ray examination of the chest showed generalized enlargement of the heart and clear lung fields. The electrocardiogram revealed supraventricular tachycardia with 2-1 A.V. response. In Fig. I given intramuscularly, and within 20 minutes the heart rate slowed to 120. Clinical improvement ensued, and within 24 hours the infant was normal in all respects. Digoxin, 0.025 mg. daily, by… Show more
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