A CASE OF VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE WITH CONVULSIONS - THE EFFECTS OF MIDODRINE HYDROCHLORIDE

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作者
KOYAMA, S [1 ]
MATSUBARA, T [1 ]
AIZAWA, Y [1 ]
OHSHIMA, M [1 ]
YAMAGUCHI, T [1 ]
YAMAZAKI, Y [1 ]
IGARASHI, Y [1 ]
TAMURA, Y [1 ]
YAMAZOE, M [1 ]
IZUMI, T [1 ]
SHIBATA, A [1 ]
TANAKA, Y [1 ]
WATANABE, K [1 ]
机构
[1] NIIGATA UNIV,NANBUGOH HOSP,DEPT INTERNAL MED 1,NIIGATA 951,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL-ENGLISH EDITION | 1992年 / 56卷 / 09期
关键词
VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE; HEAD-UP TILT TEST; MIDODRINE HYDROCHLORIDE; ALPHA-1; STIMULANT; CAPACITANCE VESSELS;
D O I
10.1253/jcj.56.950
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
A 42-year-old female had suffered from repeated syncope. She had vasovagal syncope with convulsions from vasodilatation and cardiac standstill which lasted for 9.8 sec. The 60-degrees head-up tilt test, nitroglycerin injection and isoproterenol infusion provoked vasovagal reaction. Although a beta blocker was not effective in preventing tilt-induced hypotension and bradycardia, midodrine hydrochloride (alpha-1 stimulant) or atropine prevented it. In this patient, insufficient constriction of capacitance vessels might have played an important role in activation of an inhibitory reflex from cardiopulmonary mechanoreceptors which caused hypotension and bradycardia.
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页码:950 / 954
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