Zusammenfassung der Ressource
HAMAD AT THE COOPERATIVE
- 70 years old, retired, married
-CC: loss of consciousness
- Causes of Syncope
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Glasgow coma scale
- Cardiac conduction system
- Electrocardiogram
- components
- MONITOR
- ELECTRODS
- normal ECG
- Leads
- Abnormal ECG
- Sick sinus syndrome
- Pathophysiology
- affects SA node
- cause
- idiopathic age-related
fibrosis and cell
atrophy leading to
changes in the
electrophysiology of
the SAN
- manifestation
- Bradycardia
- asystolic pause
- lead to
- dizziness and syncope
- diagnosis
- Holter monitor
- Exercise testing
- Intracardiac electrophysiologic tests
- Signs and symptoms
- Asymptomatic but
may feel
- Fatigue
- Weakness
- Dizziness
- Lightheadedness
- Fainting
- Short breath
- Risk factors
- Prognosis
- Patients who
have sick sinus
syndrome with
only sinus
bradycardia have
a better
prognosis.
- treated with Pacemakers
- types
- by number of leads
- One lead
- 2 leads
- 3 leads (CRT)
- implantation period
- Temporary
- Heart attack
- Emergency
- Over-dose
- Heart surgery
- Permanent
- Long term problems
- Risks of the procedure
- Bleeding from the incision or catheter insertion site
- Damage to the vessel at the catheter insertion site
- Infection
- Pneumothorax
- Indications
- precautions after implantation
- Anti-arrhythmic Drugs
- Class I (Na+ Channel
Blockers)
- Class II (B Blockers)
- Class III (K+
channel Blockers)
- Class IV (Ca++
channel blockers)