Ozturk Selcuk, Turhan Hasan, Yetkin Ertan
Department of Cardiology, Izzet Baysal Hospital, Bolu, Turkey.
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ann Thorac Med. 2017 Apr-Jun;12(2):127-128. doi: 10.4103/1817-1737.203739.
Asthma is a chronic airway disease in which the pathological mechanisms are reversible airway obstruction, bronchial hyper reactivity, and constriction of the lower airways. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a common arrhythmia which originates above the bundle of His and causing heart rates exceeding 150 beats/min. SVT patients present with palpitation, chest pain, chest discomfort, dyspnea, hyperventilation, and lightheadedness, occasionally. Besides, extraordinary presentations of SVT are available in literature. In this report, we describe a case of a patient presenting with treatment-resistant asthma-like attacks lasting for 20 years whom was suspected SVT as an underlying etiology and treated by slow pathway radiofrequency ablation.
哮喘是一种慢性气道疾病,其病理机制为可逆性气道阻塞、支气管高反应性和下气道收缩。室上性心动过速(SVT)是一种常见的心律失常,起源于希氏束以上,导致心率超过150次/分钟。SVT患者偶尔会出现心悸、胸痛、胸部不适、呼吸困难、过度通气和头晕。此外,文献中还有SVT的特殊表现。在本报告中,我们描述了一例患有持续20年的难治性哮喘样发作的患者,怀疑其潜在病因是SVT,并通过慢径射频消融术进行治疗。