Etiological diagnosis, prognostic significance and role of electrophysiological study in patients with Brugada ECG and syncope. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Syncope is considered a risk factor for life-threatening arrhythmias in Brugada patients. Distinguishing a benign syncope from one due to ventricular arrhythmias is often difficult, unless an ECG is recorded during the episode.
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Non-pharmacological methods of treatment and prevention of vasovagal syncope
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018 Fainting is a transient loss of consciousness resulting from a momentary ischemia of the central nervous system. One type of syncope is vasovagal syncope, otherwise known as reflex or neurogenic syncope. The consequence of fainting may be a fallen injury.
Aleksandra Białkowska +8 more
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Scientific Reports, 2017 Recurrent syncope — abrupt loss of consciousness — can have a serious impact on patients’ quality of life, comparable with chronic illnesses. Vasovagal syncope (VVS) is a specific reflex syncope, in which an inappropriate reaction of the autonomic ...
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False Positive Responses to Head-Up Tilt Testing in Elderly Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation [PDF]
, 2008 The autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays a role as a modulator in the pathogenesis of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). The clinical pattern of vagally mediated PAF has been observed mainly in young patients.
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Vasovagal syncope: asystole provoked by head-up tilt testing under sertraline therapy
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 1997 Syncope is defined as a sudden transient loss of consciousness. Vasovagally mediated hypotension and bradycardia are believed common, yet difficult to diagnose, causes of syncope in healthy children and adolescents.
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Incidence, etiology and predictors of adverse outcomes in 43,315 patients presenting to the Emergency Department with syncope: An international meta-analysis. [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Syncope remains challenging for Emergency Department (ED) physicians due to difficulties in assessing the risk of future adverse outcomes. The aim of this meta-analysis is to establish the incidence and etiology of adverse outcomes as well as
Biondi Zoccai, G +11 more
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The effect of bedrest on various parameters of physiological function. part vi- the effect of the performance of periodic flack maneuvers on preventing cardiovascular deconditioning of bedrest [PDF]
Preventing cardiovascular deconditioning of bedrest by periodic Flack maneuvers - physiological performance and ...
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Use of Nitroglycerin in the Active Phase of Tilt Testing: Is There a Difference in Elderly Patients? [PDF]
, 2007 Está demonstrado o papel do teste de inclinação na avaliação de doentes com síncope de causa não esclarecida, sendo utilizado como a técnica gold standard para o diagnóstico da síncope neurocardiogénica, em particular com o recurso a agentes provocativos
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Wavelet Analysis of Blood Pressure Waves in Vasovagal Syncope [PDF]
, 1999 We describe the multiresolution wavelet analysis of blood pressure waves in vasovagal syncope affected patients compared with healthy people one. We argue that there exist subtle discriminating criteria which allow us to isolate particular features ...
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Exercise induced collapse: neurocardiogenic syncope [PDF]
, 2009 This issue of eMedRef provides information to clinicians on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapeutics of exercise induced collapse caused by neurocardiogenic ...
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