WASHINGTON, DC — New research suggests a novel pacing program, known as closed-loop stimulation, reduces recurrences in patients suffering from refractory, recurrent cardioinhibitory reflex vasovagal ...

Medically reviewed by Mary Josephine Hessert, DO Common triggers for vasovagal syncope include extreme heat and ...

Syncope, commonly known as fainting, refers to a sudden loss of consciousness, followed by a rapid and complete recovery. If dizziness or lightheadedness takes place without fainting, this is called ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients with recurrent vasovagal syncope, yoga as an adjunctive therapy was superior to standard therapy ...

Treatments should of course be related to the causative mechanism. All exacerbating factors (e.g., infections, anemia, and metabolic anomalies) should be corrected and medication should be optimized.

Approximately one in six patients hospitalized for a first episode of syncope have a pulmonary embolism, a new study shows, with the prevalence of pulmonary embolism highest among individuals without ...

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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 ...

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 ...