Clinical characters and result treatment of 50 cases with idiopathic complete A-V block
- Author:
Nguyen Ngoc Tuoc
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Complete heart block
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Therapeutics;
Heart Block;
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2004;27(1):70-74
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
To study the significant symptoms and effect of treatment methods on complete heart block. Methods and results: 50 patients (23 female and 27 male) with complete A-V block were studied. 70% of total patients had Adams-stokes syncope. 28% of them were dazzled, dizzied, chest-pain... only one case was without symptom. Average heart rate was 39 beat per minute. 7 patients (14%) had heart failure. All of patients were treated by Atropine, Theophyline, Ephedrine or Isoprenalin, but only 2 cases decreased of A-V block. 38 patients had successful with permanent pacemaker implantation (PPI)
