Open AccessNight syncope: a case report
Author(s) -
Loumaye Léopold,
Blommaert Dominique
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.757
Subject(s) - medicine , palpitations , syncope (phonology) , sinus tachycardia , emergency department , anamnesis , vomiting , pill , nausea , ventricular tachycardia , anesthesia , pediatrics , cardiology , psychiatry , pharmacology
Key Clinical Message “Idiopathic” ventricular fibrillations are rare and are estimated between 5% and 10% of survivors of hospital cardiac arrest, for at least some of them have as origin, a trigger in the Purkinje fibers. Interventional therapy could be an effective, long‐lasting solution for these recurrent malignant arrhythmias and should be considered.