Is there a role for head CT scans when evaluating patients who have experienced a syncopal event? In fact, in 2006, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology stated that a ...

Syncope is relatively common in the emergency department (ED) -- frequency is approximately 1% to 2% of all ED visits, and syncope accounts for roughly the same percentage of hospital admissions. [1,2 ...

Tight Glycemic Control of Little Value Post-Pediatric Heart Op Among patients without previous comorbidity admitted for syncope, there is a significant increased risk of all-cause mortality, stroke, ...

New syncope guidelines released this week by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) boost certain recommendations and demote others, but according to members of the writing group, they represent the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers identified 37,017 patients from the Danish National Patient Register admitted with a first-time ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pulmonary embolism appears to be rare in patients presenting with syncope to the ED, according to data published ...

Patients commonly present with syncope at emergency departments and other facilities for urgent care. Syncope is understood by physicians to be a transient, self-terminating period of cerebral ...

BOSTON -- For older syncope patients found to have bifascicular block, heading straight to pacing without watching for actionable findings with an implantable loop recorder appears to give better ...

Help Dr. Lisa Sanders get to the bottom of unsolved medical mysteries for a future documentary show. This week: Can you diagnose a young man’s repeat syncope? Help Dr. Lisa Sanders get to the bottom ...

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