Tilt table tests help doctors find possible causes of repeated fainting. During this test, a person lies on a tiltable table. Doctors fasten them to the table before tilting it upright. Doctors may ...

Sept. 10, 2002 — Neurally mediated syncope (NMS) is initiated in the cerebral cortex rather than being the result of increased sympathetic tone, suggest the results of a study, published in the ...

Doctors also call this condition the fainting reflex or autonomic dysfunction. It causes a person’s heart rate to slow down instead of speed up when they stand, which keeps blood from pooling in the ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Syncope is a common condition. Tilt testing with sublingual nitroglycerin (TT-TNT) provides a test with good specificity and positivity rate in young and old patients. Its use in hypertensive patients ...

Background: Patients with loss of consciousness and convulsion often have the diagnosis of epilepsy despite normal electroencephalograms (EEGs). Objective: To evaluate the proportion of patients ...

Investigators studied diagnostic and treatment pathways for neurogenic orthostatic hypotension in a man with fluctuating blood pressure and several comorbidities. Considering neurogenic orthostatic ...