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Tilt Testing with Combined Lower Body Negative Pressure: a "Gold Standard" for Measuring Orthostatic Tolerance
Published on: March 21, 2013
[A male patient with postural syncope]
J J R Hermans1,2, L M Boerma1, H Bickerstaffe3
1Bravis ziekenhuis, afd. Spoedeisende Hulp, Bergen op Zoom/Roosendaal.
Abstract:
A 75-year-old male with a history of CABG and aortic aneurysm was seen in the emergency department. When he lay down, he suddenly became unresponsive. ECG, thoracic X-ray and blood tests ruled out common causes of syncope. An abdominal CT scan revealed a huge renal cyst, which was compressing the inferior vena cava.
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