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17412438

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-16
pubmed:abstractText
Head-up tilt testing is an important tool in the diagnosis of syncope. Several different protocols are in use. We describe the case of a 70-year-old Italian woman admitted to our observation. The patient was in antihypertensive treatment with carvedilol and with a combination of lisinopril and hydrochlorothiazide. A simplified Italian protocol head-up tilt testing was performed. A 4.10 s pause with syncope and a profound hypotension (blood pressure values were 65/50 mm Hg) were observed after 3 min in the provocation phase. Second-degree atrioventricular Block of the 2:1 form, advanced second-degree atrioventricular block and junctional escape rhythm (28 bpm) were observed. A simplified Italian protocol head-up tilt testing was performed after 40 days of withdrawal of carvedilol. A 2 s pause with presyncope and a hypotension (blood pressure values were 80/70 mm Hg) were observed after 2 min in the provocation phase. ECG revealed a bradycardic sinusal rhythm with heart rate of 42 bpm. This case assesses the importance of a pharmacological washout for the correct evaluation of the head-up tilt testing.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1874-1754
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
127
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e31-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Pharmacological washout for the correct evaluation of the head-up tilt testing.
pubmed:publicationType
Letter, Case Reports