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.

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.

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 ...

It’s the rarer types of fainting, like cardiac syncope, that can be dangerous and can pose a problem with driving. “If somebody has a heart rhythm problem, which interrupts their heart from beating ...

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.

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.

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 ...