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A nurse reported that it is suspected that the vns caused high grade av block and bradycardia to 24 bpm for the patient.On (b)(6) 2025, the patient experienced episodes of going pale, slurring speech, feeling sick and unsteady on feet.This caused the patient to sleep for several hours afterwards.Further details received noting that the patient also experienced syncope but there were no noted traumatic events or triggers prior to the arrhythmia.The event did not occur following a medication change, it did not correlate with the on time and did not occur while performing a diagnostic or following a settings change.An ecg was performed to diagnose the arrhythmia and it was assessed as being related to vns therapy stimulation.The patient's device was disabled on (b)(6) 2025 and there was no further av block or bradycardia seen on the holter and zio patch results.No other relevant information has been received to date.
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