First-degree heart block is not the full extent of patient’s presyncope problem

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First-degree heart block is not the full extent of patient’s presyncope problem

Chris Ellis

Chris Ellis

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Chris Ellis is a consultant cardiologist at Auckland City Hospital, and at the Auckland Heart Group and Mercy Hospital, Auckland

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The possible causes of dizziness are many and, in this case, Auckland cardiologist Chris Ellis reviews an extensive array of tests for cardiac and non-cardiac causes of a woman’s dizzy spells

Key points, The potential causes of presyncope can be grouped into cardiovascular, neurological and metabolic/other.   The most common cause of AV heart block, ECG