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Case Reports
. 1978 Sep 1;73(35):1218-20.

[Syncope on swallowing (author's transl)]

[Article in German]
J Grützmacher, W Horstkotte, J Kitzing
  • PMID: 692476
Case Reports

[Syncope on swallowing (author's transl)]

[Article in German]
J Grützmacher et al. Med Klin. .

Abstract

We studied a 71-year-old patient with sinusbradycardia due to ingestion of food. He had a history of two syncopes at lunch. Mechanical irritation of the esophagus close to the atrium as well as insufflation of air into the stomach caused bradycardia with a heart rate of 28 per minute. Bradycardia could be suppressed with atropin given intravenously. There were no abnormal roentgenographic and pathological findings regarding the esophagus and the stomach.

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