A Premature Ventricular Contraction Associated With Transient Worsening Pulsus Alternans: A Case Report

Pulsus alternans is a rare condition characterized by alternation between strong and weak pulses during regular heart rhythm. Although pulsus alternans occurs mostly in severe heart failure, it can also be seen in other conditions that alternate ventricular contraction such as rapid tachycardia and...

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Autores principales: Trongtorsak, Angkawipa, Thangjui, Sittinun, Chaisidhivej, Natapat, Sharma, Alisha, Ariyachaipanich, Aekarach
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8742136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35018271
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20284
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author Trongtorsak, Angkawipa
Thangjui, Sittinun
Chaisidhivej, Natapat
Sharma, Alisha
Ariyachaipanich, Aekarach
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Thangjui, Sittinun
Chaisidhivej, Natapat
Sharma, Alisha
Ariyachaipanich, Aekarach
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description Pulsus alternans is a rare condition characterized by alternation between strong and weak pulses during regular heart rhythm. Although pulsus alternans occurs mostly in severe heart failure, it can also be seen in other conditions that alternate ventricular contraction such as rapid tachycardia and extrasystole. Here, we report the case of a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy who developed worsening pulsus alternans after a premature ventricular contraction.
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spelling pubmed-87421362022-01-10 A Premature Ventricular Contraction Associated With Transient Worsening Pulsus Alternans: A Case Report Trongtorsak, Angkawipa Thangjui, Sittinun Chaisidhivej, Natapat Sharma, Alisha Ariyachaipanich, Aekarach Cureus Cardiology Pulsus alternans is a rare condition characterized by alternation between strong and weak pulses during regular heart rhythm. Although pulsus alternans occurs mostly in severe heart failure, it can also be seen in other conditions that alternate ventricular contraction such as rapid tachycardia and extrasystole. Here, we report the case of a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy who developed worsening pulsus alternans after a premature ventricular contraction. Cureus 2021-12-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8742136/ /pubmed/35018271 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20284 Text en Copyright © 2021, Trongtorsak et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Cardiology
Trongtorsak, Angkawipa
Thangjui, Sittinun
Chaisidhivej, Natapat
Sharma, Alisha
Ariyachaipanich, Aekarach
A Premature Ventricular Contraction Associated With Transient Worsening Pulsus Alternans: A Case Report
title A Premature Ventricular Contraction Associated With Transient Worsening Pulsus Alternans: A Case Report
title_full A Premature Ventricular Contraction Associated With Transient Worsening Pulsus Alternans: A Case Report
title_fullStr A Premature Ventricular Contraction Associated With Transient Worsening Pulsus Alternans: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed A Premature Ventricular Contraction Associated With Transient Worsening Pulsus Alternans: A Case Report
title_short A Premature Ventricular Contraction Associated With Transient Worsening Pulsus Alternans: A Case Report
title_sort premature ventricular contraction associated with transient worsening pulsus alternans: a case report
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8742136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35018271
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.20284
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