1. Spontaneous and induced vasodepressor/vasovagal syncope in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Author
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Antonio Franco Folino, Paola Melacini, Manuela Miorelli, Andrea Nava, and Gianfranco Buja
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cardiomyopathy ,Syncope ,Electrocardiography ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Tilt test ,Vasovagal syncope ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,biology ,business.industry ,Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ,Syncope (genus) ,Vagus Nerve ,General Medicine ,Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Vasomotor System ,Anesthesia ,Ambulatory ,Cardiology ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Complication ,business - Abstract
We describe a 47-year-old man affected with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and frequent episodes of syncope. During ambulatory Holter monitoring and head-up tilt test, a syncopal attack was associated with sinus arrest and hypotension. This case suggests an additional mechanism of syncope in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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- 1992