The study covered in this summary is under consideration at Cardiovascular Diabetology and was published on researchsquare.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Patients with type 2 ...

Barcelona, Spain, 31 August: A new definition of syncope – most commonly perceived as an episode of fainting – makes its diagnosis more precise and now dependent on a specific cause. New 2009 ESC ...

Establishing the cause or causes of syncope serves two principal purposes. First, an etiologic diagnosis permits assessment of prognosis and risk of recurrence, both issues of great concern for ...

Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD Key Takeaways Vasovagal syncope often happens when standing or sitting up ...

Fainting or blacking out, also known as syncope, is a temporary loss of consciousness due to insufficient blood flow to the brain. Dreamstime/TNS You may have heard that people who feel faint should ...