Arrhythmic syncope in neurogenic orthostatic hypotension: two case reports

Clin Auton Res. 2014 Aug;24(4):195-8. doi: 10.1007/s10286-014-0246-x. Epub 2014 May 31.

Abstract

Patients with autonomic failure experience orthostatic hypotension (OH) often leading to syncope. Arrhythmias may cause severe syncope, characterized by an increased risk of mortality. We report two cases of patients with primary autonomic neuropathy suffering from both severe OH and arrhythmic syncope.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology*
  • Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / complications
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
  • Female
  • Fludrocortisone / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hypotension, Orthostatic / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Pure Autonomic Failure / complications
  • Pure Autonomic Failure / drug therapy
  • Pure Autonomic Failure / physiopathology
  • Reflex
  • Syncope / etiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Fludrocortisone