The syncope that most concerns health care professionals is cardiac syncope, blacking out due to an underlying heart disease such as a heart rhythm abnormality, or arrhythmia, he explains.

Fainting is a sudden, temporary loss of consciousness due to not enough oxygen reaching the brain. ... Cardiac syncope. An underlying heart problem may reduce blood and oxygen supply to the brain.

An exhaustive cardiac examination should, therefore, have been included in this patient's initial workup, including electrocardiography with elevated right precordial leads (V1 and V2) at the ...

Repeated Syncope in a Woman With No Known Heart Disease ... The patient had not had any other cardiac symptoms such as heart palpitations, chest pain, or dyspnea.

Her fainting, she was told, was caused by vasovagal syncope. This common condition can be triggered by intense emotion (in some people it is triggered by the sight of a needle or blood), prolonged ...

Cardiac syncope refers to losing consciousness due to an underlying heart disease, such as a heart rhythm disorder, explains Elijah Behr, M.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London.

Other tests, such as an exercise stress test, Holter monitor, or echocardiogram may be needed to rule out other cardiac causes of fainting. If ECG and other heart tests are normal but your doctor ...

Cardiac syncope is most often caused by a cardiac condition like heart disease or heart failure and arrhythmias. Staples says vasovagal syncope is common and not particularly risky in the long term.

No cardiac abnormalities or syncope, however, were produced in the case presented above with either the Valsalva maneuver or intense straining in an attempt to urinate in the recumbent position.

Background: A 55-year-old man presented at hospital with recurrent syncope. He did not have any prodromic symptoms and did not report having palpitations, dizziness or chest pain before, during or ...