Erschienen in:
01.08.2015
When all else fails: take a deep breath, meditate, and assume padmasana
verfasst von:
Melissa H. Kong, Roger A. Winkle
Erschienen in:
Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology
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Ausgabe 2/2015
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Excerpt
Although common, neurocardiogenic syncope (NCS) encompasses a diversity of clinical presentations, disease states, and underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms. As such, treatment of NCS can prove quite challenging. Numerous treatment options exist for management of NCS including high salt and fluid intake, pharmacologic therapy, tilt training, isometric counterpressure maneuvers, and even implantation of cardiac pacemakers; however, NCS often proves refractory to these measures, for most of which no long-term, controlled clinical evidence of efficacy exists. …