Clinical characteristics and treatment results on 50 complete heart block cases
- Author:
Nguyen Ngoc Tuoc
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
complete heart block
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Therapeutics;
Heart Block
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2004;297(4):40-43
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Study on the significant symptomatic and effect of treatment methods on 50 patients with 3 degree heart block (23 females and 27 males), were treated at Cardiovascular Hospital during 2002-2003. The results: 70% of total patients had Adams-stokes cyncope. 28% of them were made extent or temporary pacemaker with indications as slow heart rate making a severe Adams-stokes syncope or nearly making Adams-stokes syncope, A-V disorders, young patients with suspective inflammatory induced A-V block. All of patients were treated by Atropine, Theophylin, Ephedrin or Isoprenalin, but only 2 cases decreased of A-V block. 38 patients had successful with permanent pacemaker implantation
