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Electrophysiologic testing in bundle branch block and unexplained syncope
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Thirty-two patients with bundle branch block and unexplained syncope underwent electrophysiologic testing, including programmed ventricular stimulation with up to triple extrastimuli. The infranodal conduction time (HV) was 70 ms or greater in 12 patients. Pathologic infranodal block during atrial pacing occurred in 2 patients. Unimorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) was induced in 9 patients (28%) and polymorphic VT in 5 (16%). A permanent pacemaker was implanted in patients with infranodal block during atrial pacing and, generally, in patients with an HV of 70 ms or more. Patients with inducible unimorphic or sustained polymorphic VT were treated with an antiarrhythmic drug. The mean follow-up period was 19 +/- 14 months (+/- standard deviation). Three patients died suddenly: a noncompliant patient with inducible sustained VT; a patient with a normal electrophysiologic study treated empirically with quinidine for premature ventricular complexes; and a patient with an HV of 70 ms and no inducible VT treated with a permanent pacemaker. The actuarial incidence of sudden death was 10% at 45 months of follow-up. Only 2 patients had recurrent syncope; both had a normal electrophysiologic study. Approximately 50% of patients with bundle branch block and unexplained syncope who undergo electrophysiologic testing are found to have a clinically significant abnormality (HV of 70 ms or more, infranodal block during atrial pacing and inducible unimorphic VT), and some patients have more than 1 abnormality. Long-term management guided by the results of electrophysiologic testing generally is successful in preventing recurrent syncope.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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“Although syncope is not associated with an increased incidence of sudden death in patients with preserved cardiac function”
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“Unfortunately, ventricular programmed stimulation does not seem to identify these patients correctly”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Morady, F., Higgins, J., Peters, R. W., Schwartz, A. B., Shen, E. N., Bhandari, A., Scheinman, M. M., & Sauvé, M. J.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Corresponding author
- Morady, Fred
- Venue
- The American Journal of Cardiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1984-09
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 587-591
- ISSN
- 0002-9149 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2059208803
- Cited by
- 138
- References
- 21
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 3 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 5.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The American Journal of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies
- Keywords
- bundle branch block, unexplained syncope, electrophysiologic testing, programmed ventricular stimulation, polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, permanent pacemaker, antiarrhythmic drugs, sudden death, recurrent syncope, quinidine
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Bundle-Branch Block, Cardiac Pacing, Artificial, Child, Death, Sudden, Electrocardiography, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pacemaker, Artificial, Syncope, Tachycardia
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