Neurocardiogenic syncope: a case of prolonged asystole.
We report the case of a 48-year-old woman with frequent episodes of loss of consciousness. The patient was submitted to head-up tilt testing that evoked a prolonged asystole associated with sphincteric incontinence and loss of urine. The patient was treated with dual-chamber pacemaker implantation; at a follow-up of 18 months no other episodes of syncope had occurred.
Serra
Paolo
P
Department of Cardiology, San Tommaso dei Battuti Hospital, Portogruaro (VE), Italy.
Paparella
Gaetano
G
Cazzin
Roberto
R
D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery