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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
Wednesday 29 August 2018, 04:07 PM

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
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