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Evaluation of Patients with Syncope in the Emergency Department: How to Adjust Pharmacological Therapy

open access: yesMedicina, 2021
The rate of syncope in the Emergency Department ranges between 0.9 and 1.7%. Syncope is mostly related to a underlying reflex or orthostatic mechanism. A bradycardic or a hypotensive phenotype, may be identified.
Martina Rafanelli   +3 more
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ST-elevation during head up tilt test: a challenging case in syncope unit

open access: yesMonaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2020
A 65-year-old woman, during an elective head up tilt test, after the sublingual nitrate administration, experienced electrocardiogram alteration with ST elevation in the inferior leads, that returned normal when the patient was laid supine after few ...
Andreina Carbone   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Double-Outlet Left Ventricle: Case Series and Systematic Review of the Literature

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2023
Double-outlet left ventricle (DOLV) is an abnormal ventriculo-arterial connection characterized by the origin of both great arteries from the morphological left ventricle. The aim of our paper is to describe the morphological and imaging features of DOLV
Michele Lioncino   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnostic value of cardiac troponin I and N-terminal pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in cardiac syncope [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Objective The study aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of Cardiac Troponin I(cTnI) and N-terminal pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) for identifying patients with cardiac syncope.
Yan Liang   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Neurohormones in the Pathophysiology of Vasovagal Syncope in Adults

open access: yesFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020
Vasovagal syncope (VVS) is the most common cause of syncope across all age groups. Nonetheless, despite its clinical importance and considerable research effort over many years, the pathophysiology of VVS remains incompletely understood.
David G. Benditt   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Management of transient loss of consciousness of suspected syncopal cause, after the initial evaluation in the Emergency Department

open access: yesEmergency Care Journal, 2016
The recommendations enclosed in the present document have been developed by a group of experts appointed by the Gruppo Multidisciplinare per lo Studio della Sincope (Multidisciplinary Group for the Study of Syncope; GIMSI) and Academy of Emergency ...
Ivo Casagranda   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Isolated left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy associated with polymorphous ventricular tachycardia mimicking torsades de pointes

open access: yesJournal of Arrhythmia, 2013
Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) cardiomyopathy is a rare congenital disorder, classified by the American Heart Association as a primary genetic cardiomyopathy and characterized by multiple trabeculations within the left ventricle.
Oana Dickinson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Syncope with autonomic dysfunction assessed with the Thai-COMPASS 31 questionnaire

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
Introduction: Alteration of autonomic function is the main pathophysiology of most types of syncope, including syncope due to orthostatic hypotension and neurally mediated syncope or reflex syncope. The aim of this study was to investigate the difference
Nithit Singtokum   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neurocardiogenic syncope and associated conditions: insight into autonomic nervous system dysfunction

open access: yesTürk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, 2013
Neurocardiogenic syncope is known to be associated with autonomic nervous system dysfunction, although the mechanism has not been entirely elucidated.
Antoine Kossaify, Kamal Kallab
doaj   +1 more source

Underlying hemodynamic differences are associated with responses to tilt testing

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Aim of this study was to explore whether differences in resting hemodynamic parameters may be associated with tilt test results in unexplained syncope. We analyzed age, gender, systolic (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and heart rate (HR) by merging
Artur Fedorowski   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

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