Medically reviewed by Richard N. Fogoros, MD You won’t die from vasovagal syncope on its own. However, the suddenness of the ...

Syncope is most common in the young and the old, with an incidence peak at around 15 years of age, particularly in women; subsequently, there is a progressive increase in frequency over the age of ...

Dr. William J. Lu-Culligan (Medicine): A 41-year-old man was evaluated at this hospital because of swelling in both ankles and episodes of syncope. The patient had been in his usual state of ...

The tilt test was considered positive when syncope was produced in association with hypotension, bradycardia, or both. The treatment group patients performed daily tilt training for the first ...

A retrospective observational study found that 22% of cases of sudden cardiac death were due to sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS). Syncope, seizure-like episodes and changes in ...

Recognizing and detecting the signs that commonly precede sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) may help to prevent ...