Recurrent syncope due to complete atrioventricular block, a rare presenting symptom of otherwise silent coronary artery disease: Successful treatment by PTCA

A patient presented with recurrent syncope and episodes of AV block preceded by asymptomatic ST segment elevation on ambulatory monitoring. Coronary angiography revealed a severe stenosis in the midsegment of the right coronary artery (RCA). Successful PTCA and stent insertion abolished further epis...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis 1997-10, Vol.42 (2), p.216-218
Hauptverfasser:	Kovac, Jan D., Murgatroyd, Francis D., Skehan, J. Douglas
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - instrumentation AV block Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Coronary Angiography coronary angioplasty Coronary Disease - complications Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging Coronary Disease - therapy Coronary heart disease Diagnosis, Differential Electrocardiography, Ambulatory Female Heart Heart Block - complications Heart Block - diagnostic imaging Heart Block - therapy Humans Medical sciences Recurrence right coronary artery right coronary artery AV block coronary angioplasty Stents Syncope - diagnostic imaging Syncope - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:	A patient presented with recurrent syncope and episodes of AV block preceded by asymptomatic ST segment elevation on ambulatory monitoring. Coronary angiography revealed a severe stenosis in the midsegment of the right coronary artery (RCA). Successful PTCA and stent insertion abolished further episodes of syncope. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Diagn. 42:216–218, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:	0098-6569 1097-0304
DOI:	10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199710)42:2<216::AID-CCD29>3.0.CO;2-K