[Syncope on swallowing (author's transl)].
We studied a 71-year-old patient with sinusbradycardia due to ingestion of food. He had a history of two syncopes at lunch. Mechanical irritation of the esophagus close to the atrium as well as insufflation of air into the stomach caused bradycardia with a heart rate of 28 per minute. Bradycardia could be suppressed with atropin given intravenously. There were no abnormal roentgenographic and pathological findings regarding the esophagus and the stomach.
D000368:Aged; D001285:Atropine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D003679:Deglutition; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*
D001285:Atropine
Synkopale Anfälle beim Schlucken.