Key result
Cardioneuroablation treats recurrent asystole and syncope caused by tumor-related carotid sinus compression.
Why the study?
Head and neck tumors can rarely cause carotid sinus syndrome that may not resolve with surgery or chemoradiotherapy, and permanent pacemaker therapy is the preferred treatment when these fail.
Case Report (n=1)
Cardioneuroablation may serve as a novel treatment for carotid sinus syndrome secondary to head and neck tumors, offering an alternative to permanent pacemaker therapy.
May offer pacing alternative in tumor-related carotid sinus syndrome; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Head and neck tumors can rarely cause carotid sinus syndrome and this often resolves by surgical intervention or palliative chemoradiotherapy. If these modalities are not an option or are ineffective, the most preferred treatment is permanent pacemaker therapy. Here, we present the first case of cardioneuroablation treatment performed in patient with oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer who developed recurrent asystole and syncope attacks due to compression of the carotid sinus on neck movement.
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Bozyel et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Carotid sinus syndrome secondary to oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer (n=1). Cardioneuroablation was evaluated. Cardioneuroablation was performed in a patient with oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer who developed recurrent asystole and syncope attacks due to carotid sinus compression.
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