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Volume 360:88-89 January 1, 2009 Number 1
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Persistent Fainting after Implantation of a "Curative" Pacemaker

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To the Editor: Syncope is a common and disabling problem, and its cause may be difficult to elucidate. A 64-year-old right-handed male taxi driver was referred to us for the investigation of syncope in April 2007. Four weeks previously, at dinner, he had suddenly felt strange and dizzy before losing consciousness for 2 minutes. On recovery, he was fully oriented. Several days before admission, he described feelings of "impending doom" that lasted for 2 minutes during breakfast.

He was previously well. He was a nondrinker and nonsmoker, and he was taking aspirin for secondary prevention of a transient ischemic attack. . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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