Journals / MN Kardiyoloji / 2004 / Cilt: 11 - Sayı: 5

Atrial fibrillation degenerating into ventricular fibrillation: A case presentation

Ventriküler fibrilasyona dejenere olan atrial fibrilasyon: Olgu sunumu

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In this report, we describe a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and AF with frequent attacks of degeneration into ventricular fibrillation, who has been defibrillated several times and cured eventually with atrioventricular node ablation and pacemaker implantation, and discuss the management.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is currently the commonest form of symptomatic tachycardia, its prevalence being 0.9% in the general population and increasing with age to reach 5% after 66 years of age.
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Key Findings & Data:AF accompanies both symptomatic and asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction and causes hemodynamic consequences capable of aggravating the left ventricular dysfunction and worsening the prognosis.
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Conclusion & Impact:In this report, we describe a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and AF with frequent attacks of degeneration into ventricular fibrillation, who has been defibrillated several times and cured eventually with atrioventricular node ablation and pacemaker implantation, and discuss the management.
🔬Design:Research Article
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⚙️Variables:Kardiyomiyopati · dilate · Ventriküler fibrilasyon

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is currently the commonest form of symptomatic tachycardia, its prevalence being 0.9% in the general population and increasing with age to reach 5% after 66 years of age. AF accompanies both symptomatic and asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction and causes hemodynamic consequences capable of aggravating the left ventricular dysfunction and worsening the prognosis. AF developing with underlying structural heart diseases like Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or hypertensive heart disease is known to exhibit spontaneous degeneration into malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias. In this report, we describe a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy and AF with frequent attacks of degeneration into ventricular fibrillation, who has been defibrillated several times and cured eventually with atrioventricular node ablation and pacemaker implantation, and discuss the management.

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Atrial Fibrilasyon (AF), günümüzde en sık karşılaşılan semptomatik taşikardi olup genel populasyonda prevalansı %0.9 iken yaş ile birlikte prevalansı artmakta ve 66 yaş üstü bireylerde bu oran %5'lere kadar uzanmaktadır. Gerek semptomatik gerekse asemptomatik sol ventrikül sistolik disfonksiyonuna eşlik eden AF, sol ventrikül sistolik disfonksiyonun ilerlemesine katkıda bulunabilecek ve prognoz üzerine olumsuz etkiler doğurabilecek potansiyele sahip hemodinamik değişikliklere sebep olmaktadır. Wolf-Parkinson-White sendromu, hipertrofik kardiyomiyopati, hipertansif kalp hastalığı gibi yapısal kalp hastalığı zemininde gelişen AF'nin malign ventriküler taşiaritmilere spontan dejenerasyon gösterebildiği bilinmektedir. Bu yazımızda, hızlı AF atakları nedeniyle ventriküler fibrilasyonun gelişmesi üzerine defalarca defibrilasyon yapılan ve atrioventriküler nod ablasyonuna takiben kalıcı pacemaker implantasyonu ile tedavi edilen dilate kardiyomiyopatili bir olgu sunulmakta ve tedavisi tartışılmaktadır.

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AMASYALI, B., KÖSE, S., ARSLAN, Z., ÇELİK, T., IŞIK, E. (2004). Atrial fibrillation degenerating into ventricular fibrillation: A case presentation. MN Kardiyoloji, Cilt: 11 - Sayı: 5, 377–380. https://ajindex.com/articles/297669

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