[Treatment of recurrent supraventricular tachyarrhythmias with flecainide or a flecainide and amiodarone combination].

The acute electrophysiologic effects and therapeutic efficacy of intravenous and oral flecainide were assessed in 18 patients with recurrent supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, resistant to conventional antiarrhythmic agents. They were 22 to 76 years old (mean 50). Twelve patients underwent electrophysiologic study for the investigation of tachyarrhythmias.

[Echocardiographic and clinical correlations in infectious endocarditis of the left heart].

Unlabelled: The echocardiographic features were correlated with the clinical findings and outcome in 35 patients with aortic and/or mitral valve endocarditis. There were 26 males and 9 females with a mean age of 38 years. The infection involved native valves in 27 patients and prosthetic valves in 8 patients.