Investigators of the Syncope Evaluation in the Emergency Department Study (SEEDS) attribute their findings to the success associated with multidisciplinary efforts to facilitate patient triage ...

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

What patients are at greatest risk for syncope? Learn what to look for and what diagnostic tools are the most useful.

The cardiologist still felt confident that this was vasovagal syncope. He watched the patient overnight: Nothing irregular was seen on the monitor. The temporary pacemaker was never needed.

Carotid sinus massage is a major diagnostic test for carotid sinus hypersensitivity, which may be manifested as dizziness or syncope. Carotid sinus massage is also used in emergency settings to ...

Syncope or fainting can happen if the patient experiences a sudden drop in blood pressure, an interruption of the brain’s blood supply, and an abrupt drop in heart rate.

Vasovagal syncope suddenly develops when your body reacts so strongly to a trigger—like seeing blood or being scared—that you faint. Your heart rate and blood pressure plummet, but the heart ...

Syncope may give rise to alarming symptoms, and in sever cases the patient may assume a deathlike appearance. Indeed, in some cases it is impossible to detect a radial pulse or to obtain the blood ...

He had no family history of either syncope or sudden cardiac death. The patient was initially diagnosed with carotid sinus hypersensitivity and received a dual-chamber, rate-modulated pacemaker.

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 ...

Although most causes of syncope can be “quite trivial,” the researchers say the findings highlight the importance of a diagnostic workup when the patient with syncope is admitted to hospital, to ...