[Distal intercoronary communication. A case report and medical literature review].

Direct connections between normal distal coronary arteries are rarely detected with angiography. In a 67-year-old man a diagnosis of intercoronary arterial continuity was established after ruling out collateral circulation secondary to coronary obstruction. Published reports of similar cases are reviewed.

[Clinical characteristics and head-up tilt test results with three protocols in 1661 patients with syncope].

Because of the absence of a uniform protocol for the head-up tilt table test (HUT), we compared 1,661 consecutive patients with syncope referred for HUT. The influence of age and gender on the results (positive response rate and patterns) obtained with three different protocols, Westminster, isoprenaline and nitroglycerin (groups A, B and C) was analyzed. The proportion of women was larger in the youngest age group.

[Quality of life in patients with vasovagal syncope. Clinical parameters influence].

Background And Objective: The prevalence and morbidity of the vaso-vagal syncope are well-known. With the intention of measuring the Quality of Life (QoL) of patients with vaso-vagal syncope, as well as age and gender influence, we have used the Spanish version of Short form 36 (SF-36) questionnaire in those patients and have compared it with the general population and with patients with heart failure.

Patients And Method: All consecutive patients with vaso-vagal syncope submitted for head-up tilt test performance from January 2001 to December 2002 were included.