when Hering described the carotid sinus reflex. But it was Soma Weiss and James Baker who brought to it a clinical reality when, in 1933, they described the hypersensitive sinus, which seemed to ...

In the absence of structural heart disease (including a normal ECG), syncope is most often of neurally mediated reflex origin or ... of tilt-table testing and carotid massage, although ...

Other neurally mediated reflex faints include carotid sinus syndrome, and situational faints such as those that may be triggered by blood draws, emotional upset, pain, micturition, defecation ...

Using a carotid sinus massage — a simple diagnostic procedure to identify ... hypersensitivity — a condition in which pressure on the side of the neck provokes a reflex that causes the heartbeat to ...

1 According to the current European Society of Cardiology syncope guidelines, reflex syncope can be broadly classified into four groups: vasovagal syncope (VVS), situational syncope, carotid sinus ...

Actor Saif Ali Khan shared details of a near-fatal attack at his residence, revealing he has 30 scars on his neck and narrowly avoided damage to critical blood vessels. The knife penetrated close ...

THE treatment of the carotid-sinus syndrome in the past has been difficult, nonspecific and unsatisfactory. We wish to report 52 cases in which irradiation was followed by complete remission of ...

Carotid sinus hypersensitivity is a condition brought on by rapid changes in blood pressure, potentially causing dizziness or fainting during everyday activities. The condition can sometimes go ...

32 This increased radial force exerts a greater outward pressure on the vascular wall, leading to enhanced stimulation of the carotid sinus and subsequent activation of the sympathetic nervous system, ...

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Background Challenging anatomy for carotid artery access can result in a delay to achieve successful recanalization in patients with acute ischemic stroke. Our objective was to study emergent direct ...

Sinusitis can cause facial pressure, sinus headache, and other symptoms. Treatment may depend on the cause. A sinus infection, also known as sinusitis or rhinosinusitis, occurs when your nasal ...