[Syncope in ventricular tachycardia as a first clinical sign of patent ductus arteriosus in an adulthood].
The case-report describes a 48-year-old-female patient with the patent ductus arteriosus with the following structural changes leading to the malignant arrhythmias manifested as a syncope. The patient was treated by Amplatzer occluder and the implantation of the cardioverter-defibrillator. The authors discuss the patent ductus arteriosus, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in the patients with the congenital heart disease in an adulthood.
Praus
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II. interni klinika Lékafské fakulty UK a FN, Hradec Králové.
Parízek
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Cervinka
P
P
Haman
L
L
Tauchman
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M
St'ásek
J
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Pudil
R
R
Gregor
J
J
Hudík
M
M
Hodac
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D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy