Paradoxical failure of QT prolongation during cardioinhibitory neurocardiogenic syncope

F J Jaeger Jr; S L Pinski; R G Trohman; F M Fouad-Tarazi

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00690-x

Paradoxical failure of QT prolongation during cardioinhibitory neurocardiogenic syncope

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Jan 1;79(1):100-2. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00690-x.

Authors

F J Jaeger Jr¹, S L Pinski, R G Trohman, F M Fouad-Tarazi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA.

PMID: 9024751
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00690-x

Abstract

QT modulation was explored in 31 patients with cardioinhibitory neurocardiogenic syncope. Despite a marked in increase in RR intervals, the QT interval remained stable.

Publication types

Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Adult
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Conduction System / physiology*
Hemodynamics
Humans
Male
Syncope, Vasovagal / physiopathology*
Tilt-Table Test