A 76-year-old lady has no bad hobbies. Except for mild hypertension, other health examination values are normal. But three years ago, she began to feel breathing, and her heart often accelerated. She even jumps 190 times a minute because of atrial fibrillation. Relying on arrhythmia drugs, she can't faint without warning. Doctors pointed out that it is possible to stop using antiarrhythmic drugs or reduce the dosage to improve the quality of life after atrial fibrillation is treated by cryoballoon ablation or electrocautery.
The heart beats fast and slow, and 250,000 people suffer from atrial fibrillation every year.
According to statistics, nearly 250,000 people in Taiwan Province Province suffer from atrial fibrillation every year. However, people are generally unfamiliar with atrial fibrillation, which delays the golden period of medical treatment and leads to serious consequences. Cai, a cardiologist at Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, said that atrial fibrillation is a long-term abnormal beating of the patient's heart, which is fast and slow. As for the main cause of atrial fibrillation, there are many current signals running around in the atrium, which makes the heart contract irregularly and causes arrhythmia.
The loss of atrial systolic function often increases the possibility of stroke.
Dr. Cai Qinwen pointed out that atrial fibrillation will cause the loss of systolic function of the heart, which makes the blood easily stagnate in the left atrial appendage and form a thrombus. Once the thrombus falls off and flows with the blood to the brain and other parts, it may cause stroke or limb arterial embolism and heart failure. If patients do not take primary prevention with anticoagulants, the probability of stroke will increase, and elderly patients are high-risk groups.
The new cryoballoon ablation therapy takes less time.
As for the treatment methods, Dr. Cai said that the traditional treatment methods are divided into two categories: drug control and electrocautery, while the latest treatment method is cryoballoon ablation. The traditional and new treatment methods are slightly different in principle, but the purpose is to eliminate the abnormal electrical response of pulmonary veins; The cryoballoon ablation only needs local anesthesia, and the operation time is about two hours. Compared with electrocautery for four or five hours, it not only takes less time, but also can go home 1-3 days after operation.
Considering the cost and risk, the acceptance of new therapies is still low.
However, Wang Zhihong, a cardiologist and vice president of Hualien Charity Hospital, also mentioned that because medical insurance can't be fully paid, they have to pay part of their own expenses, and they are worried about the risk of surgery, so the proportion of patients with atrial fibrillation in China receiving cryoballoon ablation is still very low.
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