Medscape: Device Clinic Case 4: Recent Near Syncope in an ICD Patient
A 67-year-old man with a dual-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) presents to the office for a device check because of a recent episode of near syncope. He had a myocardial infarction ...
Vasovagal syncope is usually harmless and requires no treatment. But it's possible that you may injure yourself during a vasovagal syncope episode. Your healthcare professional may recommend tests to rule out more-serious causes of fainting, such as heart conditions.
Diagnosis Diagnosing vasovagal syncope often begins with a physical exam. During the physical exam, your healthcare professional listens to your heart and takes your blood pressure. Your healthcare professional may massage the main arteries in your neck to see if that causes you to feel faint.
Fainting during or immediately after urination, called micturition syncope, is a rare occurrence in healthy individuals.
Background A 55-year-old man presented at hospital with recurrent syncope. He did not have any prodromic symptoms and did not report having palpitations, dizziness or chest pain before, during or ...
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 ...
The Hindu: What happened just then? Demystifying the many causes behind syncope
‘The eyes see what the brain knows.’ This old adage, famous in the echelons of medicine, highlights why syncope is important in clinical medicine, for it is often missed while evaluating a patient.