Syncope due to advanced atrioventricular block despite no demonstrable cardiac disease.
Cardiovascular syncope can be due to a variety of abnormalities. Often, multiple testing modalities are necessary to obtain an accurate diagnosis. We report on a young female patient with recurrent syncope in whom conventional evaluation was unremarkable. A diagnosis was established by prolonged ambulatory monitoring.
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Electrophysiology Section, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*