Text, photos/Jiang Xin, correspondent of Zheng Da, an all-media reporter of the Yangcheng Evening News
The heart, as the “perpetual motion machine” of the human body, beats regularly to ensure the orderly progress of life activities, but the “heart beat” is a what happened? The 40-year-old Ms. Zhang experienced repeated palpitations and palpitations three years ago. Her examination revealed premature atrial beats. She followed the doctor’s advice and actively changed her lifestyle in addition to receiving drug treatment.
Ms. Zhang’s condition that has troubled her for many years has been treated
In the past year, her palpitations have become more and more serious , The symptoms are also obvious from the inability to bear heavy labor to the resting state. The condition not only affected her normal life, but also made Ms. Zhang increasingly worried and restless, so she went to the Second Department of Cardiovascular Diseases (Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Ward) of the Fifth Hospital of CUHK.
Compared with the 24-hour dynamic electrocardiogram results in 2021, the number of premature atrial beats will increase from more than 2,000 to more than 32,000 in 2022, and paroxysmal atrial tachycardia frequently occurs. According to Wang Huan, director of the Second Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, according to the electrocardiogram analysis, the patient’s ectopic heart beat has exceeded one-third of the total heart rate, and the forms of premature beats and atrial tachycardia are changeable. It is easy to further deteriorate, and even progress to tachycardia cardiomyopathy and atrial fibrillation.
Compared with drug treatment, minimally invasive myocardial catheter ablation is radical. Although Ms. Zhang’s electrocardiogram is complicated, as long as the doctor performs precise mapping and reliable analysis during the operation, premature beats and tachycardia can be accurately identified. Wang Huan decided to perform minimally invasive myocardial catheter ablation for her.
During the operation, Wang Huan’s surgical team found a thin “muscle sleeve” (muscle bundle extending from the heart to the vein) at the junction of Ms. Zhang’s heart and the superior vena cava. It was the “culprit” that caused her frequent abnormal heartbeats. As the catheter began to release energy, after 3 seconds of ablation, the patient’s disordered premature beat disappeared, and the heart rhythm became regular; after 120 seconds of ablation, the “muscle sleeve” tissue was completely destroyed, and the operation was successfully completed. The arrhythmia that had plagued her for many years was cured. .
It is reported that arrhythmia is a group of independent diseases and an important part of cardiovascular disease. Some patients choose conservative drug therapy, but drug therapy has limitations. Catheter ablation is a radical minimally invasive surgery. It uses a vascular route to enter the patient’s heart to search for lesions and accurately destroy them. It has the advantages of no need for general anesthesia, less trauma, and faster recovery. Patients can get out of bed 6-8 hours after surgery. Activities, 1-2 days after surgery can be discharged. After nearly three decades of development, the technology has become very mature and has become a first-line treatment for arrhythmia that is superior to drug therapy or even an alternative to drug therapy.
Wang Huan reminded the public that they should work and rest regularly in their lives to ensure sleep; exercise in moderation and do what they can; maintain a peaceful and stable mood, relax their minds, and avoid excessive joy, sadness, and anger; Physical examination, such as heart palpitations, palpitation, chest tightness and blackness, or even syncope, you should go to a regular hospital as soon as possible to avoid delaying treatment.