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THE present emergency has provided an unusually abundant opportunity for the study of syncope, or fainting, in blood donors. Although not in itself serious, fainting results in loss of time to the ...

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 ...

Learn about vasovagal syncope, the most common cause of fainting affecting 40% of adults. Discover symptoms, triggers, and prevention tips from experts.

This case presents a woman in her late 50s with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) who presented for weight loss, syncope and ...

Syncope, or fainting, is a temporary loss of consciousness due to reduced blood flow to the brain. Follow these lifestyle and preventive tips.

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Although it is technically possible for laughter-induced syncope to cause the heart to stop, the bigger risk from these fainting spells is that they could happen in dangerous situations, he added.

Case Studies > Cardiology Repeated Syncope in a Woman With No Known Heart Disease — Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation can affect people with no clinical evidence of heart disease by Kate ...

When a person has fainting symptoms but does not faint, it is known as presyncope. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, and treatments.

The most important predictors of neurally mediated syncope were time between the first and the most recent episode > 4 years, abdominal discomfort before syncope, and nausea and sweating.