Gastrocardiac syndrome: A forgotten entity.

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Gastrocardiac syndrome: A forgotten entity.

Am J Emerg Med. 2018 May 09;:

Authors: Saeed M, Bhandohal JS, Visco F, Pekler G, Mushiyev S

Abstract
Symptomatic bradycardia due to gastric distension is a rarely reported entity in the field of medicine. The mechanism of gastrointestinal distention that contributes to bradycardia is complex. A 75-year-old female with recurrent episodes of dizziness in the setting of gastric distension was found to have severe sinus bradycardia which resolved upon resolution of gastric distension. No structural or functional abnormality of heart was found. The patient was treated with permanent pacemaker implantation due to recurrent episodes of dizziness in the setting of sinus bradycardia.

PMID: 29764738 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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