Tilt Table Testing and Cardiac arrest

• by petrice1
• 2012-06-30 09:06:51
• Complications
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Hello. My husband had a pacemaker placed this past May 31st. The diagnoses for this was repeated synscope since the first episode in January of this yr. No tilt table was ever given as it was said that he was having seisures and was placed on meds. He had a monitor placed on him for 72 hrs which was for seisures, which indicted several pauses because of the heart some in length. He had a pacer placed the following day after the report. The next day they did atilt table. He had alot of diaphoresis and they stopped the test. Was going to discharge him and when we got to the room, he went into a massive convulsive seisure which was prolonged, which then placed him into cardiac arrest. I believe that the tilt table test should have not been done so soon. If I hadn't been in the room alone with him at that time and started CPR he would not survived. Can I get input from others and their thoughts on this. I really would appreciate them.