[Syncope in ventricular tachycardia as a first clinical sign of patent ductus arteriosus in an adulthood]. / Synkopa pri komorové tachykardii jako první klinický projev perzistující otevrené tepenné duceje v dospelosti.

The case-report describes a 48-year-old-female patient with the patent ductus arteriosus with the following structural changes leading to the malignant arrhythmias manifested as a syncope. The patient was treated by Amplatzer occluder and the implantation of the cardioverter-defibrillator. The authors discuss the patent ductus arteriosus, arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death in the patients with the congenital heart disease in an adulthood.