Open AccessAsthma-like attacks terminated by slow pathway ablation
Author(s) -
Serkan Öztürk,
Hasan Turhan,
Ertan Yetkın
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.203739
Subject(s) - medicine , supraventricular tachycardia , palpitations , asthma , cardiology , airway obstruction , hyperventilation , chest pain , tachycardia , bronchoconstriction , ablation , etiology , anesthesia , airway
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.