title: A patient with syncope, only "vagally" related to the heart.
abstract: Syncope due to atrioventricular block may occur as a result of a cardiac vasodepressor reflex. This article reports a case of syncope in a 58-year-old man with high-grade atrioventricular block documented by ambulatory ECG monitoring at home. What makes this case unusual is that the patient's principal diagnosis was noncardiac.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224-2780, USA.
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Eldadah
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Najjar
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Ziegelstein
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D006327:Heart Block / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000175:diagnosis*