Establishing the cause or causes of syncope serves two principal purposes. First, an etiologic diagnosis permits assessment of prognosis and risk of recurrence, both issues of great concern for ...

Vasovagal syncope (VVS) describes fainting that occurs in response to a sudden drop in heart rate or blood pressure. Doctors sometimes refer to VVS as neurocardiogenic syncope or reflex syncope. This ...

Barcelona, Spain, 31 August: A new definition of syncope – most commonly perceived as an episode of fainting – makes its diagnosis more precise and now dependent on a specific cause. New 2009 ESC ...

For medically refractory vasovagal syncope (VVS) and functional bradycardia, the feasibility of off-label catheter cardioneuroablation (CNA) was supported by multicenter U.S. registry data. The ...

Regular practice of a specific yoga maneuver appears to reduce susceptibility to reflex vasovagal syncope, a new study suggests. The tadasana exercise — a movement-based contemplative practice that ...

Researchers have for the first time identified the genetic pathway between the heart and brain tied to fainting. They found that vagal sensory neurons trigger fainting, laying a foundation for ...

An image of a heart labeled by vagal sensory neurons. In a new study published in the journal Nature, UC San Diego researchers and their colleagues found that these neurons trigger fainting, laying a ...