Swallow syncope

Komandoor Srivathsan; Richard W. Lee

doi:10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00135.x

Swallow syncope

Komandoor Srivathsan, Richard W. Lee

Cardiovascular Diseases

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Abstract

Swallow syncope is a rare disorder caused by hypersensitive vagotonic reflex in response to deglutition. A 26-year-old man complained of recurrent light-headedness and near syncope on swallowing was hospitalized for monitoring and evaluation. Continuous electrocardiographic and invasive arterial pressure monitoring showed ingestion of a solid meal evoked light-headedness and complete AV block without an escape rhythm that lasted for 5.6 seconds. This patient received a Medtronic Kappa (401B) DDDR pacemaker with the rate drop feature. The patient has remained asymptomatic on follow-up for the past 2 years.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	781-782
Number of pages	2
Journal	PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
Volume	26
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00135.x
State	Published - Mar 1 2003

Keywords

Pacemaker
Syncope

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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