{"id":18083,"date":"2023-09-21T19:15:19","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T19:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/emilys-heart-story\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T21:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:02:35","slug":"emilys-heart-story","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/emilys-heart-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Procedimento transformacional trata as pausas card\u00edacas num doente jovem \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Devido a este fen\u00f3meno preocupante, foi ligada a uma equipa de especialistas para tratamento e gest\u00e3o dos sintomas que se estenderam \u00e0 sua vida adulta. O facto de n\u00e3o saber quando \u00e9 que os epis\u00f3dios de desmaio iriam ocorrer tornava dif\u00edcil a Emily levar uma vida normal. N\u00e3o podia conduzir nem participar em muitas das actividades habituais, porque poderiam ser perigosas se perdesse a consci\u00eancia. \"N\u00e3o tinha muita esperan\u00e7a de que houvesse alguma forma de tratar a minha doen\u00e7a\", disse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Emily foi gerindo a sua doen\u00e7a durante anos, mas s\u00f3 quando estava a viver em Somerville, MA, e a trabalhar com especialistas na \u00e1rea de Boston \u00e9 que obteve um diagn\u00f3stico concreto. Foi confirmado que a breve perda de consci\u00eancia de Emily era o resultado de uma doen\u00e7a card\u00edaca grave e cr\u00f3nica conhecida como S\u00edncope Vasovagal Maligna<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quando o seu estado se tornou mais grave, um Monitor de Holter<\/a> revelou que sofreu um epis\u00f3dio em que o seu cora\u00e7\u00e3o parou durante 18 a 20 segundos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A s\u00edncope vasovagal maligna pode ocorrer quando a parte do sistema nervoso que regula o ritmo card\u00edaco e a tens\u00e3o arterial funciona mal. Se n\u00e3o for tratada, pode causar problemas graves e at\u00e9 a morte. Se n\u00e3o for tratada, pode causar problemas graves e at\u00e9 a morte. Muitas vezes, os cirurgi\u00f5es card\u00edacos implantam um pacemaker para regular o ritmo card\u00edaco dos doentes com S\u00edncope Vasovagal, mas muitos preferem n\u00e3o escolher essa op\u00e7\u00e3o de tratamento em doentes t\u00e3o jovens como Emily, que tem agora 28 anos, se houver outras op\u00e7\u00f5es dispon\u00edveis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ao analisar as op\u00e7\u00f5es, o cardiologista de Emily em Boston leu sobre o trabalho do electrofisiologista card\u00edaco da Southcoast Health Dr. Nitesh Sood<\/a>, Diretor de Programa de bem-estar para a fibrilha\u00e7\u00e3o auricular da Southcoast Health<\/a> em Hospital Memorial de Charlton<\/a> em Fall River.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O Dr. Sood actuou um dos primeiros procedimentos de abla\u00e7\u00e3o cardioneural<\/a> nos Estados Unidos em 2022, utilizando a abla\u00e7\u00e3o por cateter de radiofrequ\u00eancia para modificar os sinais el\u00e9ctricos do cora\u00e7\u00e3o. Ao tratar um doente com uma doen\u00e7a semelhante \u00e0 de Emily, o Dr. Sood consultou o cardiologista turco que tinha utilizado o procedimento pela primeira vez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"18 segundos \u00e9 quase tr\u00eas vezes mais do que as pausas card\u00edacas t\u00edpicas que muitos pacientes com S\u00edncope Vasovagal Maligna podem ter\", disse o Dr. Sood. \"Uma abla\u00e7\u00e3o cardioneural bem sucedida pode tratar esta condi\u00e7\u00e3o e impedir que estes epis\u00f3dios aconte\u00e7am.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Para uma doente com a idade da Emily, \u00e9 uma \u00f3ptima op\u00e7\u00e3o para resolver permanentemente esta doen\u00e7a. Em alternativa, a coloca\u00e7\u00e3o de um pacemaker seria um lembrete constante de que algo est\u00e1 errado, para al\u00e9m de exigir manuten\u00e7\u00e3o ao longo da vida.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O Dr. Sood conseguiu tratar a Emily efectuando a abla\u00e7\u00e3o com um cateter, o que lhe permitiu evitar um longo internamento hospitalar ou complica\u00e7\u00f5es cir\u00fargicas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"No in\u00edcio, estava nervosa porque nunca tinha sido submetida a uma interven\u00e7\u00e3o cir\u00fargica, mas tudo correu muito bem\", disse Emily. \"Toda a equipa me apoiou, tranquilizou e manteve-me bem informada durante todo o tempo.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A equipa de cuidados de sa\u00fade de Emily na Southcoast Health tem acompanhado cuidadosamente o seu ritmo card\u00edaco desde abril de 2023, quando o procedimento foi realizado. Isto tem sido feito com um pequeno dispositivo implant\u00e1vel que rastreia cada batimento card\u00edaco, chamado gravador de loop implant\u00e1vel. Desde ent\u00e3o, o seu cora\u00e7\u00e3o n\u00e3o parou um \u00fanico segundo.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Isto mudou completamente a minha vida\", disse Emily. \"Antes da interven\u00e7\u00e3o, estava a tirar uma p\u00f3s-gradua\u00e7\u00e3o para me tornar assistente social cl\u00ednica e sempre quis trabalhar a tempo inteiro, mas eu e a minha fam\u00edlia n\u00e3o sab\u00edamos se isso seria poss\u00edvel. \u00c9 emocionante poder agora fazer planos claros e viver uma vida normal.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saiba mais sobre o Southcoast Health Heart & Vascular no Charlton Memorial aqui<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4559,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18083","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTransformational Procedure Treats Heart Pauses in a Young Patient \u00a0 - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When her condition became the most severe, a Holter monitor revealed she suffered an episode with her heart stopping for 18 to 20 seconds.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/emilys-heart-story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transformational Procedure Treats Heart Pauses in a Young Patient \u00a0 - 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