Meeting
Abstract Number: 622
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 62-year-old man with hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and history of cerebellar stroke syndrome secondary to a remote vertebral artery dissection presented for positional lightheadedness. Four months prior to presentation, he developed positional lightheadedness associated with standing that forced him to widen his gait for steadiness; these episodes […]
Abstract Number: 785
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: A 91-year-old male with history of coronary artery disease & heart failure with reduced ejection fraction presented with unresponsiveness. The patient collapsed onto the floor when he came into the kitchen for dinner. His wife could not feel a pulse, so she called emergency medical services (EMS) and started CPR. When EMS arrived, […]
Abstract Number: 844
SHM Converge 2023
Case Presentation: 79-year-old man presented with recurrent syncope. He had a history of tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in 2005 s/p resection, pyriform sinus SCC in 2019 s/p total laryngopharyngectomy with tracheostomy and PEG placement. He had multiple prior admissions for the same presentation, which had been attributed to vasovagal syncope and dehydration from intermittent […]