…Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Cardiac arrest ensues when ventricular contractions cease or are meaningless. This immediately leads to syncope and soon death…

…due to risk of arrhythmias Severe aortic stenosis – due to risk of syncope, ischemia, and arrhythmias Endocarditis – due to risk of embolization Deep venous thrombosis …

…asystole, and bradycardia. No Flow : Circulatory standstill, circulatory flow arrest. No flow time : The duration (minutes) from circulatory collapse to initiation of CPR. During no…

…Syncope is particularly important as a marker of potentially severe disease. The presence of haemodynamic instability places the patient in the high risk category and…

…Acute haemopericardium may cause sudden hypotension, syncope, or circulatory collapse. Slowly accumulating effusions may produce a large pericardial collection with initially limited symptoms because the…

…the impulse from reaching the atria. Disturbed automaticity and blocked impulses lead to arrhythmias that characterize sinus node dysfunction. The conditions encircled by the term…

…discomfort. Syncope. Restlessness. Jugular venous distension. Pulsus paradoxus. The pericardium may temporarily seal the rupture, producing subacute tamponade and cardiogenic shock rather than immediate death…

…of neurally mediated syncope (NMS), a disorder of autonomic reflexes. It typically occurs after attaining an upright posture or following painful stimuli and emotional stress…

…presents with J point elevation (as does Brugada syndrome, see below) and may also lead to syncope, ventricular arrhythmias, and even sudden cardiac death. However…

…myocardial ischaemia or syncope — that has not responded to atropine: Complete heart block (third degree AV block) and second degree AV block Mobitz type 2…