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Vasovagal Syncope with Asystolic Pause: Drugs, Pacemaker, or Both?

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Cardiac Arrhythmias 1995

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One of the problems in the assessment of syncope is that most clinical episodes are not witnessed. Therefore, features such as asystole during the attack must be assumed on the basis of indirect evidence such as its induction with provocative maneuvers. Head up tilt test (HUT) is the most widely used of such maneuvers, and most discussions on the management or significance of asystole during syncope are based on the development of asystole during HUT. Therefore, before addressing the particular issue of asystole in vasovagal syncope (VVS), a critical review of the reliability of HUT to draw conclusions about such a topic is justified.

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Moya, A., Permanyer-Miralda, G., Sagristá-Sauleda, J. (1996). Vasovagal Syncope with Asystolic Pause: Drugs, Pacemaker, or Both?. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 1995. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2223-2_22

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