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Ventricular fibrillation (VF) is characterized by rapid (>300 beats a per minute), irregular electrical activation with variable electrocardiographic waveforms that prevents coordinated myocardial contraction, resulting in immediate loss of cardiac output.1 It most commonly occurs in the context of coronary artery disease.2,3 Resuscitation efforts are critically time-dependent: with each minute of untreated VF, the survival rate declines […]

Richard Sutton, HRC 2019 – Vasovagal Syncope

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Published Online: Oct 30th 2019

Professor Richard Sutton (STARS Medical Advisory Committee, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK and University of Lund, Lund, Sweden) spoke to us about vasovagal syncope, or the common faint, at the 2019 Heart Rhythm Congress (HRC) in Birmingham, UK.

Speaker’s Disclosures: Richard Sutton is a consultant to Medtronic Inc, member of Speakers’ Bureau Abbott Labs Inc. and a shareholder in Boston Scientific Inc., Edwards LifeSciences Corp and AstraZeneca PLC.

Questions:
1. Should young syncope patients be fitted with a device or pacemaker if experiencing frequent episodes? (0:09)

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Filmed at the Heart Rhythm Congress (HRC) 2019 in Birmingham, UK, October 2019 in partnership with Arrhythmia Alliance.

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