Syncope: epidemiology, etiology and prognosis.

Syncope is a common medical problem, with a frequency between 15% and 39%. In the general population, the annual number episodes are 18.1 to 39.7 per 1000 patients, with similar incidence between genders. The first report of the incidence of syncope is 6.2 per 1000 person-years. However, there is a...

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Main Author: Rose M F Lisboa Da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2014.00471/full