{"product_id":"syncope-cases-isbn-9781405151092","title":"Syncope Cases","description":"This book presents a unique collection of clinical cases to help combat the difficulty of diagnosis and treatment of Syncope. Medical professionals using this book are provided with a reference to a large array of succinctly described and illustrated clinical scenarios. Each case is presented with the results of appropriate tests and critical comments about the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment according to guidelines.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyncope is considered a difficult diagnostic and treatment problem for all who work in the field. Regardless of your prior knowledge, you will find the case studies easy to digest, enlightening, and immediately pertinent to improving the care patients – giving you confidence in your diagnosis and your advice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe editors have developed a lively and easy-to-read book with a focused expert editorial commentary, offering the reader a broader and easily understood context for each case, as well as key citations from the literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSyncope Cases\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable contribution to your collection; edited by seven prominent authorities on the management of syncope from four countries, with more than 130 contributors, this book provides a unique additional step in the fostering of a better understanding of the many factors that can cause syncope, with the ultimate goal of facilitating the delivery of more precise and cost-effective care for syncope patients. It is a contribution that should be widely read, and one that offers the possibility of distinctly enhancing medical care of the syncope patient.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart I Neurally mediated (reflex) syncope\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClinical presentation\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Vasovagal fainting in children and teenagers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Typical vasovagal syncope (blood\/injury phobia).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Reflex syncope in older adults.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Transient loss of consciousness with muscle jerks: syncope or epilepsy?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Tilt-induced syncope: mixed response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Tilt-induced syncope: cardioinhibitory response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Tilt-induced syncope: purely vasodepressor response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Tilt-induced syncope: dysautonomic response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Tilt-induced syncope: chronotropic incompetence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Syncope and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Electroencephalography recordings during syncope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Psychogenic reaction during tilt-table testing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Neuromediated syncope presenting as a paroxysmal atrioventricular block.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Multiple manifestations of the cardioinhibitory mechanism detected during prolonged electrocardiographic monitoring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Neuromediated syncope masquerading as unexplained falls.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Post-exercise vasovagal syncope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Post-exercise neuromediated syncope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Vasovagal syncope interrupting sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Syncope during pregnancy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 A pilot with vasovagal syncope: fit to fly?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Recurrent syncope in a patient with no structural heart disease and a negative tilt-table test.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Swallow syncope associated with asystole.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Swallow syncope presenting with atrioventricular block.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Transient glossopharyngeal syncope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Tussive syncope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Laughter-induced syncope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Syncope and the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTreatment\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Long-term follow-up of vasovagal syncope with a long asystolic pause.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Averting a vasovagal faint with a combination of leg crossing and muscle tensing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Vasovagal syncope averted using arm-tensing maneuvers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Training patients in physical countermaneuvers using continuous on-screen blood-pressure monitoring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Vasovagal syncope treated with tilt training.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Psychological treatment of malignant vasovagal syncope due to blood phobia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Syncope relapse in a patient with cardioinhibitory neuromediated syncope treated with pacing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarotid sinus syndrome.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Carotid sinus syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Carotid sinus hypersensitivity only during tilting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Complex cardioinhibitory neurally mediated syncope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Carotid hypersensitivity syndrome secondary to neck tumor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Syncope in a case of carotid body paraganglioma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Recurrent syncope in a carotid sinus patient treated with a pacemaker.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Unexplained falls in older patients.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Orthostatic hypotension\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Initial orthostatic hypotension as a cause of syncope in an adolescent.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Initial orthostatic hypotension and syncope due to medications in a 60-year-old man.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Initial orthostatic hypotension induced by standing up from squatting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Self-induced syncope: the fainting lark.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Self-diagnosis of orthostatic hypotension in a patient with autonomic failure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Unexplained transient loss of consciousness in a 58-year-old man after Legionella pneumonia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Physical maneuvers that reduce postural hypotension in autonomic failure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Disabling orthostatic hypotension caused by sympathectomies for hyperhidrosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Orthostatic hypotension due to arterial baroreflex failure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Hypotension due to straining in a patient with a high spinal-cord lesion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Orthostatic hypotension and syncope in a patient with pheochromocytoma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Arrhythmic syncope\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Syncope and the Brugada syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Two types of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia as a cause of syncope in Brugada syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 Syncope and Brugada-like electrocardiography pattern appearing during a febrile illness: neurally mediated or arrhythmic syncope?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Syncope in a case of acquired long QT syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 Syncope due to torsade de pointes in an HIV-infected patient receiving methadone treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Congenital long QT syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59 Long QT syndrome revealed by exercise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Congenital long QT syndrome: torsade de pointes demonstrated by prolonged monitoring.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61 Short-coupled variant of torsade de pointes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62 Syncope in a patient with a short QT interval.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e63 Syncope in a woman with no heart disease, a normal electrocardiogram, and a family history of sudden death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e64 Palpitations and syncope: an unusual case of bradycardia–tachycardia syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e65 Arrhythmic syncope in a child: catecholaminergic ventricular tachycardia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e66 Adenosine triphosphate-sensitive paroxysmal atrioventricular block.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e67 Adenosine-dependent syncope?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68 Syncope due to paroxysmal junctional tachycardia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e69 Syncope in a patient with atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia: reflex hypotension? 197.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e70 Arrhythmic and neuromediated syncope in a young woman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e71 Syncope and Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome: atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e72 Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome with unapparent preexcitation in sinus rhythm: atrial flutter with 1 : 1 atrioventricular conduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e73 Syncope in a patient with atrial fibrillation: reflex hypotension?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e74 Neuromediated syncope inducing atrial fibrillation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e75 Effort presyncope due to idiopathic right ventricular tachycardia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e76 Syncope due to idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e77 Syncope and arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e78 Unexpected electrophysiology study result in a patient with repeated syncopal episodes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e79 Syncope in a patient with right bundle-branch block and alternating anterior and posterior left fascicular block.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e80 Vasovagal syncope in a patient with bundlebranch block.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e81 Intermittent atrioventricular block suggested by an electrophysiological study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e82 Syncope in a patient with bundle-branch block and negative electrophysiological study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e83 Syncope in a patient with bundle-branch block and previous myocardial infarction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e84 Syncope in a case of left bundle-branch block treated with an implantable defibrillator and biventricular pacing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Syncope and cardiovascular disease\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e85 Acute coronary syndrome presenting as syncope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e86 Syncope as an isolated manifestation of left main coronary artery occlusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e87 Syncope in a patient with myocardial infarction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e88 Acute myocardial infarction and complete heart block: early revascularization procedure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e89 Syncope in chronic ischemic heart disease: ventricular tachycardia induced during an electrophysiological study.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e90 Syncope in a patient with an earlier myocardial infarction: induction of ventricular fibrillation during electrophysiological testing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e91 Syncope in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy, a negative electrophysiological study, and poor left ventricular function.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e92 Syncope in a patient with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and left bundlebranch block.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e93 Atrial flutter with 1 : 1 atrioventricular conduction in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e94 Syncope in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, and rapid ventricular response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e95 Syncopal ventricular tachycardia in a case of midseptal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with apical aneurysm.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e96 Carcinoid syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e97 Syncope and myotonic dystrophy,.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e98 Syncope in a patient with Kearns–Sayre syndrome.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e99 Syncope in aortic stenosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e100 Syncope after aortic valve replacement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101 Syncope in a patient with aortic valve prosthesis and wide QRS tachycardia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102 Presyncope due to left atrial myxoma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e103 Syncope due to left atrial thrombus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e104 Cardiac tamponade presenting as syncope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e105 Syncope in acute aortic dissection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e106 Pulmonary embolism presenting as syncope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e107 Subclavian steal syndrome as a cause of syncope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e108 Multiple malignant causes of syncope in a young girl.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoberto García Civera, MD\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eProfessor of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Valencia, Spain; Chief Section of Arrhythmology, Clinical University Hospital, Valencia, Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGonzalo Barón Esquivias, MD\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSyncope Unit, University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Jacques Blanc, MD. FESC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eProfessor of Cardiology. Chief Department Cardiology, Brest University. France; Member of the Task Force on Syncope of the European Society of Cardiology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichele Brignole, MD, FESC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChief of Cardiology Department. Ospedale Riuniti. Lavagna. Italy; Chairman of the Task Force on Syncope of the European Society of Cardiology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngel Moya i Mitjans, MD., FESC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eChief Section of Arrhythmology. General University Hospital Vall d’Hebron. Barcelona. Spain; Member of the Task Force on Syncope of the European Society of Cardiology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRicardo Ruíz Granell, MD\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eElectrophysiology Laboratory, Clinical University Hospital, Valencia, Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWouter Wieling, MD, PD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eProfessor of Medicine. Department of Medicine; Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.\u003c\/p\u003e  This book presents a unique collection of clinical cases to help combat the difficulty of diagnosis and treatment of Syncope. Medical professionals using this book are provided with a reference to a large array of succinctly described and illustrated clinical scenarios. Each case is presented with the results of appropriate tests and critical comments about the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment according to guidelines.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eSyncope is considered a difficult diagnostic and treatment problem for all who work in the field. Regardless of your prior knowledge, you will find the case studies easy to digest, enlightening, and immediately pertinent to improving the care patients – giving you confidence in your diagnosis and your advice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe editors have developed a lively and easy-to-read book with a focused expert editorial commentary, offering the reader a broader and easily understood context for each case, as well as key citations from the literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSyncope Cases\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable contribution to your collection; edited by seven prominent authorities on the management of syncope from four countries, with more than 130 contributors, this book provides a unique additional step in the fostering of a better understanding of the many factors that can cause syncope, with the ultimate goal of facilitating the delivery of more precise and cost-effective care for syncope patients. It is a contribution that should be widely read, and one that offers the possibility of distinctly enhancing medical care of the syncope patient.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990122414309,"sku":"NP9781405151092","price":107.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405151092.jpg?v=1761786598","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/syncope-cases-isbn-9781405151092","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}