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World J Cardiol. Mar 26, 2015; 7(3): 161-166
Published online Mar 26, 2015. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v7.i3.161
Published online Mar 26, 2015. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v7.i3.161
Trauma and syncope-evidence for further sleep study? A case report
Erik Skobel, Clinic for Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, “An der Rosenquelle”, 52077 Aachen, Germany
Andreas Bell, Department of Surgery, Marienhospital, 52077 Aachen, Germany
Dang Quan Nguyen, Department of Internal Medicine, Marienhospital, 52077 Aachen, Germany
Holger Woehrle, Sleep and Ventilation Center Blaubeuren, Respiratory Center Ulm, 89073 Ulm, Germany
Michael Dreher, Department of Cardiology, Pneumology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, 52077 Aachen, Germany
Author contributions: Skobel E collected the data and wrote the article; Nguyen DQ collected and interpretate the patient´s clinical data; Bell A, Woehrle H and Dreher M revised the article for important clinical content.
Ethics approval: An ethical approval for the case report was not required (ethical review committee number Aachen IORG0006299).
Informed consent: Written informed consent was given by the patient for publication. All procedures conformed to the standards set by the Declaration of Helsinki in its latest revision.
Conflict-of-interest: All authors have no conflict of interest.
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Correspondence to: Erik Skobel, MD, Head of Department, Clinic for Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, “An der Rosenquelle”, Kurbrunnenstraße 5, 52077 Aachen, Germany. erik.skobel@rosenquelle.de
Telephone: +49-241-6007501 Fax: +49-241-6007502
Received: September 5, 2014
Peer-review started: September 5, 2014
First decision: November 3, 2014
Revised: December 2, 2014
Accepted: December 16, 2014
Article in press: December 17, 2014
Published online: March 26, 2015
Processing time: 189 Days and 14.5 Hours
Peer-review started: September 5, 2014
First decision: November 3, 2014
Revised: December 2, 2014
Accepted: December 16, 2014
Article in press: December 17, 2014
Published online: March 26, 2015
Processing time: 189 Days and 14.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Arrhythmias and sleep apnea should be considered as relevant factors resulting in syncope and trauma in the elderly. This case report applies screening for sleep apnea to detect arrhythmia as a common cause of syncope. Screening for sleep apnea may offer the possibility of additional therapeutic options and diagnostic in trauma and syncope after performing standard diagnostics.