Syncope due to paroxysmal atrioventricular block in a patient with systemic sclerosis: A case report

Angiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 769-771

  Oe, Kotaro ^a   Mori, Kiyoo ^a   Gommori, Satoshi ^a   Konno, Tetsuo ^b   Fujino, Noboru ^b   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^b  

^a Houju Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electrophysiological study; Paroxysmal atrioventricular block; Syncope; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CARDIOMEGALY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 57749188659     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707307216     Document Type: Article

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