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Swallow Syncope

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

A. Guberman  and
J. Catching
A. Guberman*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Divisions of Neurology and Cardiology, University of Ottawa
J. Catching
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Divisions of Neurology and Cardiology, University of Ottawa
*
Division of Neurology, Ottawa General Hospital, 501 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIH 8L6
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Abstract:

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Swallow syncope is an often misdiagnosed rare disorder due to enhanced vagal tone during eating in patients with underlying esophageal and/or cardiac abnormalities. We present three cases of this disorder, one related to digitalis toxicity and the other two with diffuse esophageal spasm. The investigation, differential diagnosis, prognosis and management of swallow syncope are discussed.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , August 1986 , pp. 267 - 269
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1986

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