title: Application of CRT-D in a Marfan syndrome patient with chronic heart failure accompanied by ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation.
abstract: Marfan syndrome is a systemic connective tissue disease that could affect the cardiovascular system and eventually lead to heart enlargement and heart failure with high mortality, mainly due to progressive heart failure and/or sudden cardiac death caused by malignant arrhythmia. Here we report that a patient received a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) with a pre-monitor function for heart failure and experienced obvious improvements in his cardiac function. Postoperative follow-up showed that the patient had reduced morbidity and hospitalization for heart failure, and also experienced improved quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, China. hjyuo@163.com
authors.forename: Hai-ying
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yi-zhou
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: Zhong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Bei
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jin-yu
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D058409:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
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