Loss of consciousness via oculocardiac reflex during deep breath-hold diving. A case report

a Research Group Experimental Surgery, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorenstrase 5, D-40522 Dusseldorf, Germany b Institute of Occupational Medicine and Social Medicine, Heinrich-Heine-University, Dusseldorf, DE, Germany c Hyperbaric Medical Center, Sharm El Sheikh, ET, Egypt d Competence Center of Sports Medicine, Institute of Cardiopulmonary Performance Analysis, Berlin, DE, Germany e Institute of Neurophysiology, Heinrich-Heine-University, Dusseldorf, DE, Germany f Clinic of Cardiology, Pneumology and Angiology, University Hospital Dusseldorf, Moorensrase 5, D-40225 Dusseldorf, Germany g Department of Cardiology, Pneumology and Intensive Care Medicine, St. Vincenz Hospital Limburg, Auf dem Schafsberg, D-65549 Limburg, The Netherlands