Open AccessDeglutition Syncope
Author(s) -
Nachiket Patel,
Saif Ibrahim,
Jainil Shah,
Menfil Orellana-Barrios,
Timothy E. Paterick,
A. Jamil Tajik
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
baylor university medical center proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.246
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 1525-3252
pISSN - 0899-8280
DOI - 10.1080/08998280.2017.11929619
Subject(s) - swallowing , syncope (phonology) , esophagus , medicine , stomach , vagus nerve , hiatal hernia , reflex , anesthesia , cardiology , surgery , disease , reflux , stimulation
Deglutition syncope, also known as swallow syncope, is a neurally mediated reflex syndrome. The common intervention of the heart, esophagus, and stomach by the vagus nerve is central to its pathogenesis, whereby swallowing causes inhibition of the cardiac conduction system. It is most commonly associated with disorders of the esophagus, both organic and functional. Herein we describe the case of a 48-year-old man presenting with transient syncopal episodes that occurred while eating caused by an intrathoracic stomach due to a hiatal hernia.
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