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To the Editor: We fully agree with the statement of Ganz and Friedman in their review article "Supraventricular Tachycardia" (Jan. 19 issue)¹ regarding the efficacy of adenosine in the termination of supraventricular tachycardia. However, to counter their assertion that "bronchospasm triggered by intravenous adenosine remains a . . . clinically undocumented complication" in patients with asthma, we have observed a case of severe bronchospasm after a bolus intravenous injection of adenosine.

A 23-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for radiofrequency catheter ablation of a left free-wall accessory pathway causing frequent episodes of sustained atrioventricular reentry tachycardia. There was no . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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