A 12-year-old female with no significant past medical history had a brief (< 1 minute) syncopal episode about 3 minutes after the placement of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) shot #2 and hepatitis B #1 ...

Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing program designed to detect and stop the abnormal heart rhythms that precede syncope had a seven-fold ...

Syncope is a reversible loss of consciousness and postural vascular tone resulting from a sudden lack or decrease of cerebral blood flow. [11] In other words, diminished oxygen to the brain makes a ...

Researchers from Italy and the US have reported that idiopathic syncope is a risk factor for sudden cardiac death (SCD) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In particular, patients who ...

(HealthDay)—For patients with recurrent vasovagal syncope and no serious comorbid conditions, midodrine can reduce the recurrence of syncope, according to a study published online Aug. 3 in the Annals ...

A 52-year-old man presents to the emergency department with dizziness and fatigue after a syncopal episode on a camping trip. A 52-year-old man is referred by his primary physician for an urgent ...

(HealthDay)—About one of every six patients hospitalized for a first episode of syncope has a pulmonary embolism, according to a study published in the Oct. 20 issue of the New England Journal of ...

Pregnant women who experienced episodes of syncope -- or fainting -- had higher rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes, as well as postpartum cardiovascular events, researchers found. Women who ...

Samsung Electronics has shown that its Galaxy Watch can predict vasovagal syncope with high accuracy using its biosignal analysis technology through a joint clinical study conducted with Chung-Ang ...

WASHINGTON (March 19, 2017) -- Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing program designed to detect and stop the abnormal heart rhythms that ...