BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Carotid sinus syncope may occur acutely during internal
carotid artery angioplasty (CA). We performed this study to investigate the clinical …

Background and Purpose—Syncope and carotid sinus reactions (CSR) occur frequently in
patients undergoing carotid angioplasty (CA). We investigated risk factors and the …

Syncope in Patient with Bilateral Severe Internal Carotid Arteries Stenosis/Near Occlusion: A
Case Report and Literature Review - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH NLM Logo …

AIMS: Older patients with spells of syncope may suffer from a carotid sinus syndrome (CSS).
Patients with invalidating CSS routinely receive pacemaker treatment. This study evaluated …

The first recognised case of carotid sinus syndrome was reported by Roskam in 1930 [l].
Weiss and Baker [2] published a series of 15 patients in 1933 and established carotid sinus …

Syncope is a sudden and brief loss of consciousness with postural tone. Its recovery is
usually spontaneous. There are various causes of syncope including cardiac, vascular …

Despite the fact that permanent cardiac pacing for patients affected by cardioinhibitory
carotid sinus syncope (CSS) is ranked as a class I or class IIa indication by the most recent …

Aims The aim of this study was to examine the effect on symptoms in patients with induced
cardioinhibitory carotid sinus syndrome (ICSS) when treated or not treated with a …

Cardioinhibitory carotid sinus syndrome (CSS) is a neurally mediated (reflex) syncope,
secondary to excessive vagal response to carotid sinus pressure. A growing body of studies …

The issue of the contribution of carotid sinus massage (CSM) to the diagnosis of syncope
remains unsettled. When recurrent syncope falls, or both remain unexplained after a careful …