Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Heart Failure
Background: Heart failure is a common clinical syndrome with a high morbidity and mortality, despite advances in medical treatment. Death from dangerous ventricular arrhythmias is frequently implicated. Patients, materials & methods: Eighty patients with heart failure (HF) (fitting the criteria...
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| description | Background: Heart failure is a common clinical syndrome with a high morbidity and mortality, despite advances in medical treatment. Death from dangerous ventricular arrhythmias is
frequently implicated.
Patients, materials & methods: Eighty patients with heart failure (HF) (fitting the criteria of heart failure) who were admitted to the medical city teaching hospital during a period of 8
months, were studied for incidence of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (N.S.V.T.) (detected by Holter monitoring) and its association with the severity of left ventricular dysfunction
(measured by ejection fraction), ventricular size (measured by left ventricular end diastolic dimension), and other factors .
Results: It was found that out of 80 patients with H.F, 20 patients (25%) have N.S.V.T. N.S.V.T was found to be significantly associated with the severity of H.F. and left ventricular
dimension. The arrhythmia was found to be strongly related with hypokalemia. The incidence of N.S.V.T. is less in patients receiving beta-blockers in their treatment regimen.
Conclusion: Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia is a common finding in heart failure and is related to the severity of heart failure and other factors related to the disease and its treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec299d875edd4d0aa236b23a2a1d88622024-02-02T18:02:52ZengCollege of Medicine University of Baghdadمجلة كلية الطب0041-94192410-80572007-04-01491Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Heart FailureMutaz Fawzi Hussain Al-Hadithi0Khalid Maseer Al-Dulaimi1Departmentof Medicine College of Medicine Baghdad UniversityDepartment of Medicine College of Medicine Al-Anbar UniversityBackground: Heart failure is a common clinical syndrome with a high morbidity and mortality, despite advances in medical treatment. Death from dangerous ventricular arrhythmias is frequently implicated. Patients, materials & methods: Eighty patients with heart failure (HF) (fitting the criteria of heart failure) who were admitted to the medical city teaching hospital during a period of 8 months, were studied for incidence of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (N.S.V.T.) (detected by Holter monitoring) and its association with the severity of left ventricular dysfunction (measured by ejection fraction), ventricular size (measured by left ventricular end diastolic dimension), and other factors . Results: It was found that out of 80 patients with H.F, 20 patients (25%) have N.S.V.T. N.S.V.T was found to be significantly associated with the severity of H.F. and left ventricular dimension. The arrhythmia was found to be strongly related with hypokalemia. The incidence of N.S.V.T. is less in patients receiving beta-blockers in their treatment regimen. Conclusion: Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia is a common finding in heart failure and is related to the severity of heart failure and other factors related to the disease and its treatment.http://iqjmc.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/19JFacMedBaghdad36/article/view/1416Nonsustained Ventricular |
| spellingShingle | Mutaz Fawzi Hussain Al-Hadithi Khalid Maseer Al-Dulaimi Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Heart Failure مجلة كلية الطب Nonsustained Ventricular |
| title | Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Heart Failure |
| title_full | Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Heart Failure |
| title_fullStr | Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Heart Failure |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Heart Failure |
| title_short | Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Heart Failure |
| title_sort | nonsustained ventricular tachycardia in heart failure |
| topic | Nonsustained Ventricular |
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