We evaluated the incidence, specific causes, and prognosis of syncope among women and men participating in the Framingham Heart Study from 1971 to 1998. Of 7814 study participants followed for an ...

Causes of fainting could be reflex-mediated, cardiac, orthostatic or cerebrovascular. Beauty parlor stroke syndrome is a form of vertebrobasilar insufficiency that causes symptoms of mild to severe ...

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 ...

Investigators studied diagnostic and treatment pathways for neurogenic orthostatic hypotension in a man with fluctuating blood pressure and several comorbidities. Considering neurogenic orthostatic ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Causes of sycope Medication management in syncope patients When to consider tilt table testing When to consider prescribing fludrocortisone in someone with recurrent orthostatic syncope Visit Pulse ...

Neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (NOH) is an orphan disease that primarily affects patients with neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy. The first step ...

‘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.