The term 'syncope'is derived from an old Greek word meaning 'to cut short'or 'interrupt'. In
modern usage, syncope refers to a transient and spontaneously reversible interruption of …

Certain medical conditions may cause a real or apparent loss of consciousness that might
appear to be syncope but is in fact not a true syncope. In order to understand which …

Syncope is defined as a temporary interruption of cerebral perfusion with a sudden and
transient loss of consciousness and spontaneous recovery. Approximately one third of the …

Syncope (Greek, synkope, meaning cessation, pause) is a transient loss of consciousness
and postural tone with spontaneous recovery and no neurologic sequelae. Syncope is …

Syncope is a clinical syndrome in which transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) is caused
by a period of inadequate cerebral blood flow and oxygenation, most often the result of an …

Syncope is defined as a sudden and transient loss of consciousness associated with a loss
of postural tone, with spontaneous recovery. Although this definition was originally restricted …

Although it is now widely accepted that the key to accurate diagnosis and risk stratification of
syncope is a thoughtful and scrupulous history, exactly what is meant by the history remains …

Syncope is a syndrome in which a relatively sudden-onset, brief loss of consciousness
results from a temporary self-terminating period of total cerebral hypoperfusion (1-4). In this …

Syncope is a clinical syndrome defined as a relatively brief self-limited transient loss of
consciousness (TLOC) caused by a period of inadequate cerebral nutrient flow. Most often …

For decades, in fact since the origin of medicine, syncope has not drawn much attention. For
neurologists it was just a manifestation of epilepsy, for cardiologists, a manifestation of …