Syncope is a common clinical problem affecting up to 40% of individuals over a lifetime. Most cases, especially ...

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 ...

Vasovagal syncope is the most common type of fainting, a temporary loss of consciousness. It's a condition that happens when your blood pressure and heart rate suddenly drop, delivering less oxygen to ...

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 ...

Samsung Electronics has shown that its Galaxy Watch can predict vasovagal syncope with high accuracy using its biosignal analysis technology through a joint cli ...

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 ...

BOSTON -- For older syncope patients found to have bifascicular block, heading straight to pacing without watching for actionable findings with an implantable loop recorder appears to give better ...