Neurocardiogenic syncope: a case of prolonged asystole

Ital Heart J. 2004 May;5(5):396-8.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / diagnosis
  • Heart Arrest / surgery
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Syncope, Vasovagal / diagnosis*
  • Syncope, Vasovagal / surgery