Night syncope: a case report. Issue 2 (26th December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Loumaye, Léopold; Blommaert, Dominique
• Is Part Of: Clinical case reports. Volume 5:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 81
• Page End: 84
• Publication Date: 2016-12-26
• Subjects: Defibrillator -- polymorphic ventricular tachycardia -- sudden death -- syncope; Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.09
• DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.757
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-0904

Abstract

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. Abstract : "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.