What is neurocardiogenic syncope?

Hi all. Thank you so much for all your replies about the Tilt Table Test. The SpR phoned me today to say he has booked the test (plus another 24 hour ECG monitor) for 14th October. I feel a lot better about it after reading your personal experiences with it. It sounds less scary than when I had to go in for the ablation!

I noticed that quite a few of you were diagnosed with
neurocardiogenic syncope after the Tilt Table Test. What is this & does it always result in a pacemaker?

My EP said my pacemaker risk was low after my ablation, as he found & ablated a focal atrial tachycardia. Originally he thought I had IST & was going to have to do a sinus node modification with a high pacemaker risk. My ablation was 9 weeks ago.

I'm just wondering...if they find I have neurocardiogenic syncope, would that put me at a high pacemaker risk again?

Thank you for all your help, it is VERY much appreciated.

Best wishes
Janey

1 Comments

fainting

by Tracey_E - 2010-09-28 03:09:57

It's when you faint due to a drop in blood pressure or heart rate
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4749

If your heart pauses or stops when you change position, a pm will help you because it'll keep your heart beating. If your heart beats normally in the various positions in a tilt test, a pm won't help you. NCS is sometimes fixed with a pm but usually just treated with medication to keep your bp up.

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