title: Neurocardiogenic syncope during a routine colonoscopy: an uncommon malignant presentation.
abstract: Neurocardiogenic syncope (NCS) is a common clinical entity. Most of these patients are managed medically by internists and general practitioners. Though NCS is frequently a benign disease, a malignant form of this disorder with episodes of prolonged cardioinhibition culminating in asystole is described. Here, we describe a 52-year-old woman who had such a life threatening malignant form of arrhythmia during a routine colonoscopy and review the literature of similar cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India. drsharmagautam@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gautam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Nagendra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Boopathy Senguttuvan
authors.forename: Rajnish
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Juneja
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar Bahl
mesh_terms: D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*