Arakeri’s Reflex: an Alternative Pathway for Dento-Cardiac Reflex Mediated Syncope
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Arakeri’s Reflex: an Alternative Pathway for Dento- Cardiac Reflex Mediated Syncope
Introduction: Dentocardiac reflex, a variant of trigeminocardiac reflex elicited specifically during tooth extraction procedures in dental/maxillofacial surgery and is believed to cause syncope with an afferent link mediated by posterior superior alveolar nerve. Another variant of trigeminocardiac reflex which is also of interest to the oral and maxillofacial surgeon is oculocardiac reflex whic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dental Hypotheses
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2155-8213,2155-8213
DOI: 10.5436/j.dehy.2010.1.0003