Two new cases of idiopathic accelerated idioventricular rhythm are reported in children aged 12 and 16. This is a very rare arrhythmia in childhood with only 12 previously published cases in the medical literature. The prognosis seems to be excellent in all cases which underlines the importance of distinguishing this rhythm from other ventricular arrhythmias observed in childhood.

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