Focus. Sincope, svenimento, recupero spontaneo, evento benigno. Ma se cardiaca da approfondire

Focus. Syncope, fainting, spontaneous recovery, benign event. But whether it's cardiac needs to be explored further. Quotidiano Medicina 160424 Today, syncope, a word that intimidates us just by pronouncing it, a term that comes from the Greek συν and κόπτω, literally "with" and "breaking," refers to the temporary loss of consciousness and fainting, of sudden onset, brief duration, and complete and spontaneous recovery, due to a global dysfunction of the central nervous system, typically due to insufficient cerebral blood flow. It's a benign phenomenon, but it needs to be explored further if it's cardiac in nature. What does "cardiac in nature" mean? What happens to our heart? Can it be preceded by prodromal symptoms that can warn us that something is happening to us and how can we prevent and avoid it? How is cardiac syncope diagnosed and what are the treatments? (continued) (open the video for free) Focus with Dr. Giuseppe De Martino, interventional cardiologist arrhythmologist C. Cura Salus Battipaglia