An Elderly Woman With Recurrent Transient Loss of Consciousness Preceded by Hallucinatory Attacks

We report a patient with transient loss of consciousness preceded by hallucinations caused by cardiac syncope. The diagnosis was confirmed by simultaneous video-electrocardiogram-electroencephalogram recording of an event. The attacks no longer occurred after pacemaker implantation. Clinical feature...

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Autores principales: Biesbroek, J. Matthijs, Post, Martijn C., Hijlkema, Simone H., Tromp, Selma C.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8312006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.055
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author Biesbroek, J. Matthijs
Post, Martijn C.
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description We report a patient with transient loss of consciousness preceded by hallucinations caused by cardiac syncope. The diagnosis was confirmed by simultaneous video-electrocardiogram-electroencephalogram recording of an event. The attacks no longer occurred after pacemaker implantation. Clinical features helpful in guiding decision making in transient loss of consciousness are discussed. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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spelling pubmed-83120062021-07-26 An Elderly Woman With Recurrent Transient Loss of Consciousness Preceded by Hallucinatory Attacks Biesbroek, J. Matthijs Post, Martijn C. Hijlkema, Simone H. Tromp, Selma C. JACC Case Rep Viewpoint We report a patient with transient loss of consciousness preceded by hallucinations caused by cardiac syncope. The diagnosis was confirmed by simultaneous video-electrocardiogram-electroencephalogram recording of an event. The attacks no longer occurred after pacemaker implantation. Clinical features helpful in guiding decision making in transient loss of consciousness are discussed. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) Elsevier 2020-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8312006/ /pubmed/34317062 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.055 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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An Elderly Woman With Recurrent Transient Loss of Consciousness Preceded by Hallucinatory Attacks
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8312006/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.04.055
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