Often dismissed as stress or dehydration, fainting can be the heart's first warning sign. Cardiologists caution that ...

Vasovagal syncope is the most common type of fainting, a temporary loss of consciousness. It's a condition that happens when your blood pressure and heart rate suddenly drop, delivering less oxygen to ...

Fainting, or syncope, is often dismissed as harmless, but doctors warn it can be an early sign of heart failure. It occurs ...

Picture this: you’re standing in line at the grocery store when suddenly you feel dizzy, nauseous, and before you know it, you’re waking up on the floor with concerned strangers hovering over you. If ...

The first US safety and efficacy study of radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation for vagal denervation in patients with neurocardiogenic syncope suggests the procedure can correct autonomic bradycardia ...

Taking midodrine can reduce vasovagal syncope in younger healthy patients, according to a new study. The randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial included 133 patients with recurrent ...

Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing program designed to detect and stop the abnormal heart rhythms that precede syncope had a seven-fold ...