Syncope in ventricular tachycardia as first clinical sign of patent ductus arterious 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.

Keywords

• Syncope
• ventricular
• tachycardia
• first
• clinical
• patent
• ductus
• arterious
• adulthood