Zoom Düsseldorf's University Hospital is one of the first centres in Germany to offer cardioneuroablation under the umbrella of the newly created Syncope Unit. This helped 22-year-old patient Leonie Schwartz (2nd from left), who was able to be relieved of her syncope and the associated fainting. The treatment team: PD Dr. Obaida Rana (left, Head Physician of the Department of Rhythmology, Devicetherapy and Neurocardiology at the Clinic for Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine), Dr. Alexandru Bejinariu (2nd from right, Senior Physician and Head of the Rhythmological and General Cardiological Outpatient Clinic) and Dirk Bock (right, Nursing Coordinator in Electrophysiology). (Photo: University Hospital Düsseldorf/UKD)
"Time stood still. I felt sick. Everything started to tingle. And the longer it lasted, the harder it was to stay conscious." What Leonie Schwartz is describing here are the effects of a malfunction in her heart called cardiac syncope, which she suffered from for about a year and a half. Read the whole article on the official website of Düsseldorf's University Hospital (German only so far).
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