Open AccessAge indications for carotid sinus massage: a case for maintaining the status quo?
Author(s) -
Diane Richardson
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.08.2008.0829
Subject(s) - medicine , asystole , massage , carotid sinus , implantable loop recorder , cardiology , sinus (botany) , anesthesia , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine , blood pressure , botany , biology , genus , atrial fibrillation
A 43-year-old man was referred with a history of unexplained falls associated with transient loss of consciousness. He had evidence of cardioinhibitory carotid sinus hypersensitivity (CSH) on carotid sinus massage and subsequently confirmed to have periods of symptomatic asystole on an implantable loop recorder, consistent with a diagnosis of cardioinhibitory CSH.