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*The history and physical examination remains the foundation for the medical evaluation of any patient and is particularly helpful for the patient with possible arrhythmias.
*Important aspects of one’s history include the frequency, timing, duration, severity, longevity, circumstances, triggers (eg, urination, defecation, cough, prolonged standing, shaving, tight collars, and head turning) and alleviating factors of symptoms suspicious for bradycardia or conduction disorders.
*The 2017 ACC/AHA/ HRS guideline for the evaluation of syncope and the 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS guideline for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death emphasize the importance of the history and physical examination in the initial evaluation particularly for identifying those patients with structural heart disease.
*A thorough family history, medical history, cardiovascular history and review of symptoms should also be done. <ref name="pmid30412710">{{cite journal| author=Kusumoto FM, Schoenfeld MH, Barrett C, Edgerton JR, Ellenbogen KA, Gold MR | display-authors=etal| title=2018 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Bradycardia and Cardiac Conduction Delay: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines, and the Heart Rhythm Society. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2019 | volume= 74 | issue= 7 | pages= 932-987 | pmid=30412710 | doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2018.10.043 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30412710  }} </ref>
*The history should outline the frequency, timing, duration, severity, longevity, circumstances, triggers and alleviating factors of symptoms suspicious for bradycardia or conduction disorders.
 
*The relationship of the symptoms to medications, meals, medical interventions, emotional distress, physical exertion, positional changes, and triggers (eg, urination, defecation, cough, prolonged standing, shaving, tight collars, and head turning) can help narrow the broad differential diagnosis.
*Because of the propensity of some commonly prescribed medications (and nutraceuticals) to elicit or exacerbate bradyarrhythmias, a thorough review of both prescription and over-the-counter medications is essential.
*Bradycardia and conduction tissue disorders can be the first manifestation of a systemic illness or heart disease.
*A complete history should include comprehensive cardiovascular risk assessment, family history, travel history, and review of systems.
*Like the medical history, the physical examination should not only focus on manifestations of bradycardia but also signs of underlying structural heart disease and systemic disorders.
*Care should be taken to correlate slow radial pulses with precordial auscultation or carotid pulse assessment as some rhythms (eg, ventricular or conducted atrial bigeminy) can be misinterpreted as bradycardia if premature beats generate inadequate stroke volume to be palpable peripherally.
*As disorders of autonomic regulation figure prominently in the differential diagnosis of syncope and near syncope, orthostatic changes in heart rate and blood pressure can be helpful.
*Carotid sinus massage can be helpful in patients with symptoms suggestive of carotid sinus hypersensitivity syndrome (syncope or near syncope elicited by tight collars, shaving, or turning the head).
**Carotid sinus massage should be performed in both the supine and upright position in a safe environment with careful blood pressure and electrocardiographic monitoring.
*Careful carotid auscultation (and/or carotid ultrasound) to exclude an ipsilateral carotid bruit (or significant abnormalities) is mandatory before performing this maneuver as strokes precipitated by carotid sinus massage have been reported. <ref name="pmid30412710">{{cite journal| author=Kusumoto FM, Schoenfeld MH, Barrett C, Edgerton JR, Ellenbogen KA, Gold MR | display-authors=etal| title=2018 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Bradycardia and Cardiac Conduction Delay: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines, and the Heart Rhythm Society. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2019 | volume= 74 | issue= 7 | pages= 932-987 | pmid=30412710 | doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2018.10.043 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=30412710  }} </ref>


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==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Akash Daswaney, M.B.B.S[2]

Overview

The majority of patients with paroxysmal AV Block present with presyncope, syncope, with or without a prodrome or are asymptomatic.

History and Symptoms

  • History of syncope, presyncope, duration of each episode, number of episodes, activities during the syncopal episode, aggravating or relieving factors, history of past medical illnesses, prodrome/ recovery phase description in terms of signs, symptoms and duration are important points to be addressed whilst taking a history of a syncope patient.
  • A study of 341 syncope patients showed that the time between the first and last syncopal episode being less than 4 years, syncope during effort or supine position, a history of palpitations, convulsions or blurring of vision were important predictors of a cardiac syncope.
  • Similarly, duration of prodrome > 10 seconds history of pallor, nausea, diaphoresis, dizziness, presyncope, abdominal discomfort and time between first and last syncopal episode being more than 4 years were important predictors of a neutrally mediated syncope.[1]
  • Based on a detailed history, one can decide whether a cardiac syncope was secondary to a rhythm dysfunction, structural cause or ischemia related and would warrant a work up of an ECG, Holter monitoring, echocardiography, electrophysiologic study, or an exercise stress test. [1]
  • Similarly, neutrally mediated syncope maybe vasovagal, situational, secondary to increased carotid sinus sensitivity or non classical and orthostatic hypotension may be due to a primary or secondary autonomic failure, secondary to drugs or hypovolemia. This may be further explored by a carotid sinus massage, tilt table testing, adenosine plasma levels or an adenosine triphosphate stimulation test."ESC Guidelines on Syncope (Diagnosis and Management of)".

2018 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Bradycardia and Cardiac Conduction Delay: Recommendation for History and Physical Examination of Patients With Documented or Suspected Bradycardia or Conduction Disorders

Recommendation for History and Physical Examination of Patients With Documented or Suspected Bradycardia or Conduction Disorders
"1. In patients with suspected bradycardia or conduction disorders a comprehensive history and physical examination should be

performed. (Level of Evidence: C- EO)"

[2]

  • Important aspects of one’s history include the frequency, timing, duration, severity, longevity, circumstances, triggers (eg, urination, defecation, cough, prolonged standing, shaving, tight collars, and head turning) and alleviating factors of symptoms suspicious for bradycardia or conduction disorders.
  • A thorough family history, medical history, cardiovascular history and review of symptoms should also be done. [2]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Alboni P, Brignole M, Menozzi C, Raviele A, Del Rosso A, Dinelli M, Solano A, Bottoni N (June 2001). "Diagnostic value of history in patients with syncope with or without heart disease". J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 37 (7): 1921–8. doi:10.1016/s0735-1097(01)01241-4. PMID 11401133.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kusumoto FM, Schoenfeld MH, Barrett C, Edgerton JR, Ellenbogen KA, Gold MR; et al. (2019). "2018 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Bradycardia and Cardiac Conduction Delay: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines, and the Heart Rhythm Society". J Am Coll Cardiol. 74 (7): 932–987. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.10.043. PMID 30412710.


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