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Blackout? Cause: misdiagnosis of cardiac arrest.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19728521     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Patients with syncope or epilepsy commonly present to primary or secondary care physicians. This lesson presents two patients, both known to have cardiac disease, with implanted cardiac devices, who presented with loss of consciousness, who were initially investigated for epilepsy, but were subsequently shown to have had a cardiac arrhythmia, diagnosed following device interrogation.
Authors:
James Pemberton; Janet M McComb
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical medicine (London, England)     Volume:  9     ISSN:  1470-2118     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2009 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-09-04     Completed Date:  2009-09-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101092853     Medline TA:  Clin Med     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  392-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors
Electric Countershock
Electrocardiography
Epilepsy / complications,  diagnosis*
Heart Arrest / diagnosis*,  etiology
Heart Failure / therapy
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Unconsciousness / diagnosis*,  etiology

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