Syncope – individual patient management
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A Patient with Syncope
Copyright © 2013 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 35-year-old man presented to the emergency department after having an episode of syncope while playing soccer. Loss of consciousness lasted only seconds and was preceded by a brief period of light-headedness. When he regained consciousness, he had no nausea, diaphoresis, chest pain, or dyspnea. He was not injured and had no bowel or bladder inco...
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Vasovagal syncope (VVS) has been diagnosed with increasing frequency in older patients since the head-up tilt-table test (HUT) was described over 2 decades ago. The incidence and prevalence of VVS in this age group remains unknown. Older individuals are more likely to display a dysautonomic hemodynamic pattern with a predominantly hypotensive response during HUT. The positivity rates to passive...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiologia Croatica
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1848-543X,1848-5448
DOI: 10.15836/ccar2016.559