Nikola RADOVANOVIĆ Pacemaker Center Clinical Center of Serbia Dr Koste Todorovića 8 11000 Belgrade Serbia [email protected] SUMMARY Introduction Vasovagal syncope is the most common type of reflex syncope. Efficacy of cardiac pacing in this indication has not been the subject of many studies and pacemaker therapy in patients with vasovagal syncope is still controversial. Objective This study ...

Syncope in the general population is a frequent event often leading to hospitalization, but it is unclear whether syncope in the general population is an independent risk marker for adverse prognosis. In this review, we investigate the current literature and evaluate the prognosis and impact of syncope on adverse outcomes including death and recurrences across different populations with focus o...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Carotid sinus syncope may occur acutely during internal carotid artery angioplasty (CA). We performed this study to investigate the clinical, electroencephalographic (EEG), and hemodynamic features of carotid sinus syncope induced by CA. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 1992 and 2003, clinical, EEG, and cardiovascular monitoring was performed in 359 consecutive patients un...

Clin. Pract. (2014) 11(3), 265–268 ISSN 2044-9038 part of Syncope is very common, with the overall incidence for first syncope being 6.2 per 1000 patient years, increasing to 20 in females aged over 80 years [1]. Vasovagal syncope (VVS) is by far the most common cause, explaining over 20% of cases, with an underlying cardiac cause in 10% of cases and up to 37% of cases remaining unexplained [1]...

Syncope is defined as a transient loss of consciousness and postural tone, characterized by rapid onset, short duration, and spontaneous recovery, and the process of syncope progression is here described with two types of sympathetic change. Simultaneous recordings of microneurographically-recorded muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) and continuous and noninvasive blood pressure measuremen...

OBJECTIVES To describe causes of syncope in outpatients in whom structural heart disease was ruled out as a cause, and to analyse the role of a multidisciplinary approach in a syncope unit for the diagnosis of patients with syncope of unknown origin. METHODS Cardiovascular autonomic nervous system (ANS) function was evaluated extensively in 521 outpatients by careful history, physical examina...

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Assessment of risk for serious cardiovascular outcome after syncope is difficult. OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of first syncope in primary care. To investigate the relation between syncope and serious cardiovascular (CV) outcome and serious injury. METHODS: Retrospective cohort study using data from the Intego general practice-based registration network, collect...

A 69-year-old man had been suffering from recurrent syncope induced by laughter since the age of 58. His syncope was reproduced by head-up tilt testing with isoproterenol infusion and we concluded that his laughter-induced syncope was one type of neurally mediated syndrome (NMS). His daughter also had NMS and her syncope was treated with propranolol. Propranolol and midodrine hydrochloride, an ...

This article presents findings from two studies that describe news portrayals of cancer causes and prevention in local TV and test the effects of typical aspects of this coverage on cancer-related fatalism and overload. Study 1 analyzed the content of stories focused on cancer causes and prevention from an October 2002 national sample of local TV and newspaper cancer coverage (n = 122 televisio...

Swallow syncope is a rare form of situational syncope. We report a case of swallow syncope with invasive confirmation of esophageal hypertension (spasm) and invasive confirmation of a bradycardia mechanism. Awareness of this uncommon disorder is important as a treatable cause of syncope.