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| Application of CRT-D in a Marfan syndrome patient with chronic heart failure accompanied by ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation |
| Hai-ying Xu, Yi-zhou Xu, Feng Ling, Zhong Yu, Jun Yang, Xu Duan, Bei Wang, Jin-yu Huang |
| Department of Cardiology, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, China; Department of Cardiac Ultrasound, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, China |
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Abstract Marfan syndrome is a systemic connective tissue disease that could affect the cardiovascular system and eventually lead to heart enlargement and heart failure with high mortality, mainly due to progressive heart failure and/or sudden cardiac death caused by malignant arrhythmia. Here we report that a patient received a cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillator (CRT-D) with a pre-monitor function for heart failure and experienced obvious improvements in his cardiac function. Postoperative follow-up showed that the patient had reduced morbidity and hospitalization for heart failure, and also experienced improved quality of life.
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Received: 03 July 2013
Published: 30 July 2013
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