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Thirty years of blackouts: a case report of swallow syncope

Deglutition syncope has been demonstrated in isolated case reports, the first being described over 50 years ago. It is thought to be caused by a hypersensitive vagotonic reflex in response to esophageal dilation after swallowing. It can cause syncope due to complete atrioventricular (AV) block and a...

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Autores principales: Lambiris, Irene, Mendoza, Ivan, Helguera, Marcelo, Escudero, Jose Baez, Bonilla, Cesar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3716027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23882389
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v3i1.20323