An Elderly Woman With Recurrent Transient Loss of Consciousness Preceded by Hallucinatory Attacks

An Elderly Woman With Recurrent Transient Loss of Consciousness Preceded by Hallucinatory Attacks

We report a patient with transient loss of consciousness preceded by hallucinations caused by cardiac syncope. The diagnosis was confirmed by simultaneous video-electrocardiogram-electroencephalogram recording of an event. The attacks no longer occurred after pacemaker implantation. Clinical feature...

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Main Authors: J. Matthijs Biesbroek, MD, PhD, Martijn C. Post, MD, PhD, Simone H. Hijlkema, MD, Selma C. Tromp, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
cardiac syncope
epilepsy
hallucinations
syncope
transient loss of consciousness
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920305891

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