title: [Syncope in ventricular tachycardia as a first clinical sign of patent ductus arteriosus in an adulthood].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: II. interni klinika Lékafské fakulty UK a FN, Hradec Králové.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Praus
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parízek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cervinka
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Haman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tauchman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: St'ásek
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pudil
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gregor
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hudík
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hodac
mesh_terms: 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