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 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and ...

Excluding any need for emergency medical attention to deal with physical injury, the initial medical evaluation of individuals suspected of having suffered a syncope spell begins with careful medical ...

Although extensive cardiovascular studies involving the tilt table were done in most of the cases described by Lyle and his associates 5 their studies were within normal limits. The exact physiologic ...

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 ...