Syncope in a young man

William M. Merhi, DO, Maher Rabah, DO, Jihad A. Mustapha, MD, and D. Luke Glancy, MD

From the Department of Cardiology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan (Merhi, Rabah); and Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and the Medical Center of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana (Mustapha, Glancy).

Corresponding author: D. Luke Glancy, MD, Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 1542 Tulane Avenue, Room 441, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112.

A 33-year-old man awakened early with warmth, diaphoresis, and palpitations. He went to the kitchen to drink water, felt light-headed, and fell to the floor. When he got up, he lost consciousness completely and fell again, lacerating his chin and chipping his tooth. On awakening, he felt cold and clammy and went to the emergency department. (BUMC Proceedings 2002;15:329-331)