A 'Reveal'ing diagnosis.
The present case report describes a 54-year-old woman with recurrent syncope of undetermined etiology. Despite several cardiological and neurological investigations, no firm diagnosis was established until an insertable loop recorder (REVEAL Plus Model 9526, Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA) revealed muscle twitch artifact secondary to a seizure disorder.
Osman
Faizel
F
Department of Cardiology, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Sandwell General Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich, Birmingham, UK.
Ahmad
Rajai A
RA
Davis
Russell C
RC
Connolly
Derek L
DL
Cadigan
Patrick J
PJ
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology