Malignant cardioinhibitory vasovagal syncope - An uncommon cardiovascular complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery: The fainting syndrome!

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Loh, Kah Poh ^a   Ogunneye, Owolabi ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardioinhibitory; Gastric bypass; Malignant vasovagal; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLONIDINE; ENOXAPARIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY WARD; FAINTNESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALIGNANT VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE; MORBID OBESITY; NAUSEA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; STOMACH BYPASS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THROMBOPHILIA; TILT TABLE TEST; VOMITING; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; BRADYCARDIA; DUAL CHAMBER PACEMAKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXTERNAL PACEMAKER; FLUID THERAPY; MALIGNANT CARDIOINHIBITORY VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE;

EID: 84884212259     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.159     Document Type: Article

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