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ST-elevation during head up tilt test: a challenging case in syncope unit

Monaldi 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, Vincenzo Avitabile, Paolo Golino, Gerardo Nigro, Vincenzo Russo   +4 more
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Double-Outlet Left Ventricle: Case Series and Systematic Review of the Literature

Diagnostics, 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, Giulio Calcagni, Fausto Badolato, Giovanni Antonelli, Benedetta Leonardi, Andrea de Zorzi, Aurelio Secinaro, Gianluca Brancaccio, Sonia Albanese, Adriano Carotti, Fabrizio Drago, Gabriele Rinelli   +11 more
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Syncope

Terrain, 2021
Syncope : (du grec συγκοπή sunkop « retranchement »). En médecine, diminution subite et momentanée de l’action du cœur, avec interruption de la respiration, des sensations et des mouvements volontaires. En grammaire, retranchement d’une lettre ou d’une syllabe au milieu d’un mot.
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Management of transient loss of consciousness of suspected syncopal cause, after the initial evaluation in the Emergency Department

Emergency 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, Michele Brignole, Simone Cencetti, Gianfranco Cervellin, Giorgio Costantino, Raffaello Furlan, Gianluigi Mossini, Filippo Numeroso, Massimo Pesenti Campagnoni, Paolo Pinna Parpaglia, Martina Rafanelli, Andrea Ungar   +11 more
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Neurohormones in the Pathophysiology of Vasovagal Syncope in Adults

Frontiers 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, J. Gert van Dijk, Darshan Krishnappa, Wayne O. Adkisson, Scott Sakaguchi   +4 more
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Syncope with autonomic dysfunction assessed with the Thai-COMPASS 31 questionnaire

Heliyon, 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, Jakkrit Amornvit, M.D., Stephen Kerr, Ph.D., Ronpichai Chokesuwattanaskul, M.D.   +3 more
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Utilizing the Boston Syncope Observation Management Pathway to Reduce Hospital Admission and Decrease Adverse Outcomes [PDF]

, 2019
Introduction: In an age of increasing scrutiny of each hospital admission, emergency department (ED) observation has been identified as a low-cost alternative. Prior studies have shown admission rates for syncope in the United States to be as high as 70%.
Grossman, Shamai A., Lopez, Gregory J., Mechanic, Oren J., Pascheles, Celine Y., Shapiro, Nathan I., Tibbles, Carrie, Winans, Alina M., Wolfe, Richard E.   +7 more
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Isolated left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy associated with polymorphous ventricular tachycardia mimicking torsades de pointes

Journal 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, Marina Zakharova, Barry L. Detloff, Lin Y. Chen, David G. Benditt, Gary S. Francis, Scott Sakaguchi   +6 more
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Postsynaptic α1-Adrenergic vasoconstriction is impaired in young patients with vasovagal syncope and is corrected by nitric oxide synthase inhibition [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Syncope is a sudden transient loss of consciousness and postural tone with spontaneous recovery; the most common form is vasovagal syncope (VVS).
Medow, MS, Merchant, S, Stewart, JM, Suggs, M, Sutton, R, Terilli, C, Visintainer, P   +6 more
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Neurocardiogenic syncope and associated conditions: insight into autonomic nervous system dysfunction

Türk 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
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