Keywords
neurocardiogenic reaction
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Abstract
63-year-old woman presented with numerous presyncopal events caused by neurocardiogenic reaction provoked by disgust evoked by different stimulus. The sight of mutilated human body elicited strong presyncopal event with faintness, visual disturbances, vomitus. The importance of disgust as a factor provoking the neurocardiogenic reaction was discussed.References
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