Key result
Routine colonoscopy linked to a life-threatening 62-second sinus arrest in a patient with neurocardiogenic syncope.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the rare but life-threatening risk of malignant neurocardiogenic syncope culminating in asystole during routine colonoscopy.
Alerts clinicians to asystole risk during colonoscopy in neurocardiogenic syncope; single case leaves open incidence and prevention needs.
Neurocardiogenic syncope (NCS) is a common clinical entity. Most of these patients are managed medically by internists and general practitioners. Though NCS is frequently a benign disease, a malignant form of this disorder with episodes of prolonged cardioinhibition culminating in asystole is described. Here, we describe a 52-year-old woman who had such a life threatening malignant form of arrhythmia during a routine colonoscopy and review the literature of similar cases.
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Sharma et al. (2012) conducted a case report in Neurocardiogenic syncope (n=1). Colonoscopy was evaluated. A 52-year-old woman with a history of neurocardiogenic syncope experienced a life-threatening episode of prolonged cardioinhibition and a 62-second sinus arrest during a routine colonoscopy.
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