{"id":18236,"date":"2025-01-31T18:39:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T18:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/heart-problem-answers\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:45:30","slug":"heart-problem-answers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/heart-problem-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"O padre de Boston encontrou respostas para problemas card\u00edacos no Charlton Memorial Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 23 de maio de 2023, o Padre Charles Gallagher encontrava-se em Nantucket, substituindo um p\u00e1roco em f\u00e9rias e celebrando missa na Igreja Cat\u00f3lica de Santa Maria, Nossa Senhora da Ilha, que frequentara em crian\u00e7a. Estava a orientar cerca de 400 paroquianos na recita\u00e7\u00e3o do Credo de Nic\u00e9ia, uma declara\u00e7\u00e3o de f\u00e9 para os cat\u00f3licos romanos, quando ficou tonto. O seu cora\u00e7\u00e3o estava acelerado e pensou que ia desmaiar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"O que eu n\u00e3o sabia era que estava a ter uma arritmia card\u00edaca grave\", um batimento card\u00edaco irregular e acelerado, disse. Preocupado com a possibilidade de ter um colapso no altar, terminou a missa o mais depressa que p\u00f4de. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Depois disso, um amigo levou-o ao hospital, dando in\u00edcio a uma prova\u00e7\u00e3o de meses que terminaria com um tratamento bem sucedido no Charlton Memorial Hospital, sede do Sa\u00fade do Cora\u00e7\u00e3o e Vascular de Southcoast<\/a> programa.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inicialmente, os m\u00e9dicos de Nantucket descobriram que o cora\u00e7\u00e3o do Padre Gallagher estava a bater a 250 batimentos por minuto. Colocaram-lhe um cateter intravenoso e deram-lhe medicamentos para abrandar o ritmo card\u00edaco e receitaram-lhe medica\u00e7\u00e3o utilizada para tratar dores no peito e tens\u00e3o arterial elevada - e, no seu caso, fibrilha\u00e7\u00e3o auricular. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nas seis semanas seguintes, sofreu uma s\u00e9rie de epis\u00f3dios que o levaram repetidamente \u00e0s urg\u00eancias de dois ou tr\u00eas hospitais de Boston. No entanto, a fibrilha\u00e7\u00e3o auricular era apenas uma parte do problema e n\u00e3o era o que o estava a levar regularmente \u00e0s urg\u00eancias. Foi necess\u00e1ria uma consulta com os m\u00e9dicos do Charlton Memorial Hospital para identificar e tratar com \u00eaxito a sua doen\u00e7a. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exatamente dois meses depois do primeiro epis\u00f3dio em Nantucket, o Padre Gallagher estava a celebrar um casamento em Plymouth. Mais uma vez, o seu cora\u00e7\u00e3o come\u00e7ou a acelerar e voltou \u00e0s urg\u00eancias em Plymouth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Nesse ver\u00e3o, fiz uma grande digress\u00e3o pelas urg\u00eancias de Boston e Cape Cod\", disse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No dia seguinte, consultou o cardiologista da Southcoast Health Dr. Mark Desnoyers<\/a>O Dr. Desnoyers examinou-o e disse-lhe que tinha de ser hospitalizado. O Dr. Desnoyers examinou-o e disse-lhe que tinha de ser hospitalizado. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Conseguiu que eu fosse imediatamente a uma consulta depois de todos os outros cardiologistas terem dito que n\u00e3o me podiam ver durante tr\u00eas meses. Ele foi fant\u00e1stico\", disse o Pe. Gallagher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foi levado de ambul\u00e2ncia para o Charlton Memorial Hospital, onde o m\u00e9dico respons\u00e1vel contactou imediatamente o Dr. Nitesh Sood<\/a>electrofisiologista card\u00edaco e o Diretor do Programa de bem-estar para a fibrilha\u00e7\u00e3o auricular<\/a> na Southcoast Health.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"O Dr. Sood foi o \u00fanico que reconheceu que havia dois problemas distintos, a fibrilha\u00e7\u00e3o auricular e o flutter auricular, e que o flutter era o que me estava a mandar para as urg\u00eancias\", disse o Pe. Gallagher. \"Conseguiu ver o que se estava a passar no meio de todo o barulho\". <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Um flutter auricular \u00e9 causado por um curto-circuito el\u00e9trico no cora\u00e7\u00e3o e pode resultar num ritmo card\u00edaco t\u00e3o elevado como 300 batimentos por minuto. O Dr. Sood explicou que ele precisaria de dois procedimentos separados. Primeiro, seria necess\u00e1rio tratar o flutter atrial e, em seguida, agendar um procedimento separado para tratar a fibrila\u00e7\u00e3o atrial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

O primeiro procedimento do Pe. Gallagher, uma abla\u00e7\u00e3o de flutter atrial, foi efectuado em 23 de julho de 2023. Teve alta para casa no dia seguinte e nunca mais voltou \u00e0s urg\u00eancias por causa da sua arritmia. De facto, esta interven\u00e7\u00e3o foi realizada numa sexta-feira \u00e0 noite e todo o pessoal de enfermagem do laborat\u00f3rio de EP e a equipa de anestesia ficaram fora de horas, para que ele n\u00e3o tivesse de passar todo o fim de semana no hospital a tomar medicamentos para controlar o seu ritmo.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Em 17 de novembro, o Dr. Sood fez uma segunda crioabla\u00e7\u00e3o para tratar a arritmia card\u00edaca. Crioabla\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a> \u00e9 um procedimento minimamente invasivo em que um pequeno cateter \u00e9 introduzido no cora\u00e7\u00e3o e um pequeno bal\u00e3o \u00e9 insuflado junto \u00e0 c\u00e2mara superior. Em seguida, um frio extremo injetado na zona congela as c\u00e9lulas card\u00edacas que causam o batimento card\u00edaco irregular. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Quando ele fez a segunda abla\u00e7\u00e3o, foi como um regresso instant\u00e2neo \u00e0 sa\u00fade\", disse o P. Gallagher. \"O sangue voltou ao meu rosto e \u00e0s minhas extremidades, e tive a sensa\u00e7\u00e3o de ter recuperado imediatamente a minha sa\u00fade total.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toda a experi\u00eancia com os cardiologistas e a equipa de cuidados da Southcoast Health foi excelente. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"O Southcoast Health Heart & Vascular foi absolutamente fant\u00e1stico\", disse ele, e agora transferiu todos os seus cuidados m\u00e9dicos para o Southcoast Health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"J\u00e1 tive a minha reuni\u00e3o com o Dr. Sood e, dentro de cinco meses, ele decidir\u00e1 se preciso de tomar o m\u00ednimo de medicamentos para o cora\u00e7\u00e3o\", comentou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

O Padre Gallagher diz que est\u00e1 totalmente recuperado e que vai passar o ano a ensinar e a escrever sobre espionagem e terrorismo na Marquette University, tamb\u00e9m uma institui\u00e7\u00e3o gerida por jesu\u00edtas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fez algumas altera\u00e7\u00f5es com o objetivo de se manter bem, fazendo exerc\u00edcio meia hora por dia e perdendo algum peso. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Estou grato por ter recuperado a minha sa\u00fade plena\", afirmou.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apoiar os cuidados card\u00edacos que salvam vidas<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hist\u00f3rias como a do Pe. Gallagher s\u00e3o poss\u00edveis gra\u00e7as aos cuidados especializados e ao apoio da comunidade. Ajude-nos a continuar a fornecer cuidados card\u00edacos avan\u00e7ados perto de casa, fazendo uma doa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 Southcoast Health Heart & Vascular aqui<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":18237,"template":"","categories":[1231],"class_list":["post-18236","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBoston Priest Finds Heart Answers - Southcoast Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Boston Priest, Charles Gallagher gets some answer about his hear after meeting the team at Southcoast Health Heart & Vascular.\" \/>\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\/heart-problem-answers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boston Priest Finds Heart Answers - 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