Barcelona, Spain, 31 August: A new definition of syncope – most commonly perceived as an episode of fainting – makes its diagnosis more precise and now dependent on a specific cause. New 2009 ESC ...

Vasovagal syncope (VVS) describes fainting that occurs in response to a sudden drop in heart rate or blood pressure. Doctors sometimes refer to VVS as neurocardiogenic syncope or reflex syncope. This ...

In the absence of structural heart disease (including a normal ECG), syncope is most often of neurally mediated reflex origin or orthostatic hypotension. As a rule, reflex etiologies predominate in ...

Fainting, also called syncope, is when a person briefly loses consciousness. A recent study found that syncope events leading to hospitalization can cost healthcare systems up to $2,420 per day and, ...

Fainting, or syncope, is a sudden and temporary loss of consciousness. It usually happens when there is a slight decrease in the amount of oxygen reaching the brain. Fainting is not usually serious, ...

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