Flush after syncope: not always an arrhythmia.
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac↗
Biomedical subjects
C T P Krediet
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Vasovagal syncope interrupting sleep?
Clinical data are reported for 13 patients who were referred with recurrent loss of consciousness at night interrupting their sleep. Most of the patients were women (10 of 13) with a mean age of 45 years (range 21-72 years). The histories were more consistent with vasovagal syncope than with epilepsy. This was supported by electroencephalographic and tilt test results. More polysomnographic monitoring data are required to confirm the diagnosis of vasovagal syncope interrupting sleep. This will be difficult because, although the condition may not be rare, the episodes are usually sporadic.
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Baroreflex failure secondary to paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis in a 17 year old woman with neuroblastoma.
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[Initial diagnostic strategy in the case of transient losses of consciousness: the importance of the medical history].
It is estimated that almost half of the people experience a transient loss of consciousness at some time during their life. In young patients (< 35 years) the cause is mostly a reflex syncope. In older patients the common causes are orthostatic and postprandial hypotension, sinus caroticus syndrome, cardiac arrhythmias and valvular disorders. The medical history can identify a probable cause of the transient loss of consciousness in almost all young patients (< 35 years) and in the majority of older patients. A physical examination and an ECG should be performed in all patients who have experienced a transient loss of consciousness, other than those with classical vasovagal syncope, in order to exclude orthostatic hypotension and dangerous cardiac causes.
Adult↗