syncope and sudden death

Question 1

seizure like movements in syncope

Answer 1

can be secondary to hypoperfusion

Question 2

Abrupt severe syncope, quick recovery, with prior heart disease

Answer 2

Suspect VT

Question 3

fainting from a young age or multiple faints

Answer 3

neurally mediated - vasovagal

Question 4

fainting DURING exercise

Answer 4

NOT vasovagal

Question 5

vasovagal syncope has

Answer 5

a post drome phase of fatigue

Question 6

which tests are rarely diagnostic for syncope

Answer 6

CT scans , MRIs, dopplers

Question 7

TIAs cause syncope - true or false?

Answer 7

FALSE

Question 8

most cases of sudden cardiac death are related to

Answer 8

cardiac arrythmia

Question 9

Cardiac arrest is often the result of

Answer 9

a primary arrythmia in the presence of LV scar but without an MI

Question 10

in young people with no structural heart problems, sudden death can be due to

Answer 10

channelopathies - ECG may be normal or abnormal

Question 11

hallmark of long QT

Answer 11

paradoxical prolongation of the QT with exercise