Cardioneuroablation for Drug Refractory Vasovagal Syncope After COVID-19 Infection

Stefanos Zafeiropoulos, MD, PhD; Nicholas J. Beccarino, MD; Stavros Stavrakis, MD, PhD; Stavros Zanos, MD, PhD; Raman Mitra, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Jul 2024)

Cardioneuroablation for Drug Refractory Vasovagal Syncope After COVID-19 Infection

Stefanos Zafeiropoulos, MD, PhD,
Nicholas J. Beccarino, MD,
Stavros Stavrakis, MD, PhD,
Stavros Zanos, MD, PhD,
Raman Mitra, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Stefanos Zafeiropoulos, MD, PhD: Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, USA
Nicholas J. Beccarino, MD: Northwell Health, North Shore University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Division of Electrophysiology, Manhasset, New York, USA
Stavros Stavrakis, MD, PhD: Heart Rhythm Institute, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Stavros Zanos, MD, PhD: Institute of Bioelectronic Medicine, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, USA
Raman Mitra, MD, PhD: Northwell Health, North Shore University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Division of Electrophysiology, Manhasset, New York, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Raman Mitra, Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, New York 11030, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 13
p. 102373

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Cardioneuroablation is a novel approach to treat patients with recurrent vasovagal syncope (VVS), targeting the ganglionated plexi around the atria and thus reducing the vagal input to the heart. This study reports a case of drug-refractory VVS after COVID-19 infection, successfully managed with cardioneuroablation.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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