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 ...

can help differentiate between vasovagal and cardiac syncope. Characteristics of different causes of syncope are summarized in Box 1. Syncopal episodes in the present case were sudden without ...

10% involved patients who had been referred after presenting to an emergency department with an episode of pre-syncope or syncope (typically vasovagal in description) where their first ever ECG ...

Regulation of the blood pressure is a vital physiological process enabling the body to respond to immediately changing ...

Heat syncope can be described as passing out from overheating. Excessive heat can produce many health complications, including heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Your body can become overheated due to a ...

Vasovagal attacks are the commonest reason for fainting. They typically occur, for example, in a schoolchild who has missed breakfast, after standing for some time (typically in school assembly ...

While there are sometimes prior warning signs, such as fainting when exercising, in many cases sudden cardiac arrest is completely unexpected. Tests on survivors often don't reveal an explanation ...

Heart disease manifests differently in women and is an oft ignored subject. We spoke to doctors who explained the different ...

The boy was engaged in playing basketball at the time but officials don't know if it was a practice or a game.

Indeed, working out can be dangerous for Drury, who told Newsweek her fainting episodes are "disorienting, often painful, and emotional." Drury, of Indiana, was using a StairMaster when she began ...

An innovative analysis of shared segments within the genome -- an indication of distant 'relatedness' -- has identified undiagnosed cases of Long QT syndrome, a rare disorder that can lead to abnormal ...

“If you struggle with frequent fainting like me, you know the struggle and horrible feeling before you faint,” Drury wrote. Being diagnosed with POTS, Drury experiences a change in her heart ...