Erschienen in:
01.03.2017 | CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
Life-saving maneuvers during a tilt test
verfasst von:
Simone Romano, Luigi Fondrieschi, Pietro Minuz
Erschienen in:
Internal and Emergency Medicine
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Ausgabe 2/2017
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Excerpt
The vasovagal syncope is a frequent clinical problem, representing 21 % of all types of syncope; this percentage is probably underestimated since 36.6 % of vasovagal syncope is of unknown origin [
1]. The cardio-inhibitory syncope is classified as type 2 vasovagal syncope (VASIS classification), and can be triggered by the tilt test. It is defined as asystolic (type 2B; 4–33 %) when asystole occurs for more than 3 s. Occasionally, asystole can last more than 5 s (9.1 %); however, only very few cases are reported in the literature of asystole duration >30 s [
2] and notably, none of those reported required life-saving maneuvers. …