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Syncope During Competitive Events: Interrogating Heart Rate Monitor Watches May Be Useful!

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2017

Oscar Thabouillot ,
Kevin Bostanci ,
Francois Bouvier ,
Nicolae Dumitrescu ,
Maria Stéfuriac ,
Philippe Paule  and
Nicolas-Charles Roche
Oscar Thabouillot*
Affiliation:
Emergency Department, Begin Military Hospital, Saint-Mandé, France
Kevin Bostanci
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Begin Military Hospital, Saint-Mandé, France
Francois Bouvier
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Begin Military Hospital, Saint-Mandé, France
Nicolae Dumitrescu
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Begin Military Hospital, Saint-Mandé, France
Maria Stéfuriac
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Begin Military Hospital, Saint-Mandé, France
Philippe Paule
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Begin Military Hospital, Saint-Mandé, France
Nicolas-Charles Roche
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Begin Military Hospital, Saint-Mandé, France
*
Correspondence: Oscar Thabouillot, MD Emergency Department Begin Military Hospital 69 Avenue de ParisKe Saint-Mandé, France, E-mail: thabouillot@hotmail.com
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Abstract

This is a case report of a 45-year-old man who reported complete amnesia during the very first kilometer of a 10-km run. He was wearing a heart rate monitor (HRM). The interrogation of his HRM watch showed 200 bpm tachycardia beginning in the first kilometer and increasing up to 220 bpm during the last kilometer. The patient was asked to wear a Holter-monitor (Holter Research Laboratory; Helena, Montana USA) electrocardiogram (ECG) while practicing a training session. This examination allowed for the diagnosis of an adrenergic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) with an impressive auriculo-ventricular conduction over 260 bpm. This case highlights that non-medical devices, such as connected watches, can be helpful to diagnose arrhythmias.

ThabouillotO, BostanciK, BouvierF, DumitrescuN, StéfuriacM, PauleP, RocheNC. Syncope During Competitive Events: Interrogating Heart Rate Monitor Watches May Be Useful!Prehosp Disaster Med. 2017;32(6):691–693

Keywords

atrial fibrillationsportsyncope
Type
Case Reports
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 32 , Issue 6 , December 2017 , pp. 691 - 693
Copyright
© World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2017 

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Conflicts of interes: none.

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