Clinical Spectrum of the Sick Sinus Syndrome
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The clinical spectrum of the sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is described in a series of 56 patients who demonstrated either persistent unexplained sinus bradyeardia (group I: eight patients); sinus arrest (group II: 15 patients); or bradyeardia with episodic supraventricular tachyarrhythmias (group III: 33 patients). Coronary disease was the most common form of heart disease where etiology could be determined, but in 25 patients no clear etiologic diagnoses could be established. Thirty-three patients showed associated electrocardiographic conduction disturbances. Symptoms were common and were produced by both bradyeardia and tachycardia. Eight patients in the bradyeardia-tachyeardia group experienced cerebral embolization. Despite bother-
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Clinical spectrum of the sick sinus syndrome.
The clinical spectrum of the sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is described in a series of 56 patients who demonstrated either persistent unexplained sinus bradyeardia (group I: eight patients); sinus arrest (group II: 15 patients); or bradyeardia with episodic supraventricular tachyarrhythmias (group III: 33 patients). Coronary disease was the most common form of heart disease where etiology could be ...
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