A Deceptively Unremarkable Standstill: A Case Report of a Rare Cardiac Electrophysiologic Event.
chest pain
recurrent
standstill
syncope
telemetry
ventricular standstill
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2023
Jan 2023
Historique:
accepted:
14
01
2023
entrez:
16
2
2023
pubmed:
17
2
2023
medline:
17
2
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Ventricular standstill is a rare cardiac event associated with a high mortality. It is considered a ventricular fibrillation equivalent. The longer the duration, the poorer the prognosis. It is therefore unusual for an individual to have recurrent episodes of standstill and survive, without morbidity and rapid mortality. Here, we report the unique case of a 67-year-old male, previously diagnosed with heart disease, requiring intervention, who lived with recurrent syncopal episodes for a decade. Though such occurrences have previously been documented, we seek to stress the importance of using clinical tools in assessing what could easily have been passed off as orthostatic in origin.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36793842
doi: 10.7759/cureus.33763
pmc: PMC9924095
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
e33763Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023, Seffah et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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