Near death and neurocardiogenic syncope.
We report the case of an 18-year-old female who presented as an out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. She required ICD insertion and recovered without deficit. Following recurrent syncopal episodes we diagnosed the co-existence of Neurocardiogenic syncope.
Donnelly
Teresa
T
Clinical Age Assessment Unit, Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick, Ireland. teresadonnelly@iolfree.ie
Carew
Sheila
S
Sheehy
Tina
T
Costelloe
Aine
A
Fahey
Gerard
G
Lyons
Declan
D
D000293:Adolescent; D016638:Critical Illness; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
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