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Other causes include 1) long- and short-QT syndromes; 2) Brugada syndrome; 3) arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy; 4) malfunction Cerebrovascular syncope Causes are 1) migraines, in which the loss of consciousness can be due to either cerebral vascular spasm or vasovagal reflexe...
Syncope is a short, transient loss of consciousness with interruption of awareness of oneself and one’s surroundings. It is caused by a sudden lack of blood supply to the brain and is followed by rapid, complete recovery of consciousness. Causes of syncope include cardiogenic, neurologic, metabo...
Cardiac and vascular causes of syncope have a higher chance of being life-threatening and should be ruled out first. Noncardiac causes These typically benign etiologies can coexist in the same patient, i.e., they are not mutually exclusive. See “Noncardiac syncope” for further details. Reflex...
Syncope: definition, classification, and multiple potential causes. In: Benditt DG, Blanc JJ, Brignole M, Sutton RS, editors. The evaluation and treatment of syncope. A handbook for clinical practice. Elmsford: Futura Blackwell; 2003. p. 3–10. Google Scholar Van Dijk JG, Thijs RD, ...
Syncope is a common symptom of clinical practice which raises the problem of the differential diagnosis of other causes of loss of consciousness and a logical diagnostic strategy to avoid systematic prescription of expensive, invasive and often valueless investigations. The aim of this article is to ...
Fainting causes a decrease in blood flow to the brain because There is not enough blood or fluid within the blood vessels. A combination of reasons one, two, or all three. We'll take a look at the some of the most common causes in the following sections. ...
Age-related physiological impairments of heart rate, blood pressure and cerebral blood flow, in combination with comorbid conditions and concurrent medications, account for an increased susceptibility to syncope in older adults. Common causes of syncope are orthostatic hypotension, neurally-mediate关键词:...
The reflex that causes vasovagal syncope can affect anyone and fainting spells are common. However, some people are more at risk of fainting from vasovagal syncope than others. Young adults and adolescents:More than 85% of fainting episodes in people younger than 40 years of age are from vasova...
Figure 2. Causes of syncope in patients (pts) with and without suspected or certain heart disease after the initial evaluation. A cardiac cause of syncope was established in 78 patients (23%), a neurally mediated cause in 199 (58%) and a neurologic or psychiatric cause in 4 (1%), and...