The effects of gender and test protocol on the results of head-up tilt test in patients with vasovagal syncope.

Background: Head-up tilt testing (HUTT) is a well-established method for the diagnosis of reflex syncope. Some controversies exist whether gender and HUTT protocol influence HUTT results.

Aim: To analyse the results of HUTT in patients with syncope in relation to their gender and used protocol of HUTT.

Evaluation of sinus and atrioventricular nodes function in patients with vasovagal syncope.

Aim: Evaluation of sinus and atrioventricular nodes function as a potential factor responsible for prolonged bradycardia, asystole, or both in patients with cardioinhibitory and non-cardioinhibitory vasovagal syncope (VVS). The study included 258 patients (mean age = 47.7 +/- 17.

[Acute toxoplasmic perimyocarditis in a 67-year-old HIV-negative woman--a case report].

Acquired toxoplasmosis is a widespread parasitic disease caused by an obligate intracellular protozoan, Toxoplasma gondii. Humans are infected by consuming undercooked or raw meat containing tissue cysts or by ingesting oocysts in food or water contaminated with feline faeces. Most cases of Toxoplasma gondii infections in immunocompetent individuals are asymptomatic.