| Disopyramide for transient high-degree atrioventricular block in a young patient with a history of syncope. | |
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PMID: 18639779 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Although high-degree atrioventricular (AV) block in patients with a history of syncope usually requires pacemaker implantation, therapeutic strategies should also be considered. A 35-year-old man presented with complaints of palpitations, nausea and dysgeusia. Since aged 30, the patient had experienced three episodes of syncope. Holter monitoring showed transient high-degree AV block (up to 5:4 block) associated with nausea, eructation and dysgeusia irrelevant to posture as well as ventricular ectopic beats with palpitation. A head-up tilt test revealed neurally mediated vasodepression but electrophysiological study showed no abnormalities. These results indicated that his transient high-degree AV block was functional, and syncope would have been because of neurally mediated vasodepression, not bradycardia. After administration of disopyramide at 300 mg daily, the symptoms subsided and ventricular ectopic beats and AV block disappeared. He has been well for 20 months. |
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Yukoh Hirai; Hideya Yamamoto; Yukiko Nakano; Hiroshi Ogi; Shinji Kajiwara; Nobuoki Kohno |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2008-06-19 |
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Title: Journal of cardiology Volume: 52 ISSN: 1876-4738 ISO Abbreviation: J Cardiol Publication Date: 2008 Aug |
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Created Date: 2008-07-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8804703 Medline TA: J Cardiol Country: Japan |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 59-61 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan. sesekys@hotmail.com |
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