Cardiac deceleration capacity and acceleration capacity have diagnostic value in patients with vasovagal syncope regardless of age
Jijing Wang, Jinyi Xu, Yanyan Qiu, Ruike Yang, Wentao Wang, Chuanyu Gao · 2024
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Fainting from a sudden drop in blood flow is common, and heart rhythm measures may help doctors spot the people at risk. Jijing Wang and co-authors tested two such measures in this 2024 study, one for how fast the heart can slow and one for how fast it can speed up. The question was whether the pair could help diagnose the fainting condition at any age.
Ninety-four patients with the condition were compared with seventy-six healthy people using day-long heart traces, heart scans, and blood tests. The slowing measure ran higher and the speeding measure ran lower in the patient group. Both measures stayed linked to the condition after other factors were counted. The authors argue the pair adds a simple, low-cost tool to the usual work-up for fainting.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jijing Wang, Jinyi Xu, Yanyan Qiu, Ruike Yang, Wentao Wang, Chuanyu Gao |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |