Erschienen in:
01.08.2008 | EDITORIAL
Is there any point to vasovagal syncope?
verfasst von:
J. Gert van Dijk, MD, PhD, Robert Sheldon
Erschienen in:
Clinical Autonomic Research
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Ausgabe 4/2008
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Excerpt
Vasovagal fainting, i.e., neurally mediated syncope induced by slight pain, fear or merely standing, is a uniquely human characteristic. Other animals also fight over territory, make tools, make weapons, have culture, can use words and symbols, work together, have bosses, are monogamous or polygamous, and even have children who never seem to leave home. But we and we alone faint. And it is hardly uncommon: about 37% of people have at least one episode of vasovagal syncope (VVS) in their life up to age 70 [
11]. …