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Reflex Syncope (Neurally Mediated Syncope)

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Reflex syncope (synonym: neurally mediated [reflex] syncope) refers to a reflex response that, when triggered, gives rise to vaso-/venodilatation and/or bradycardia; however, the contribution of each of these two factors to systemic hypotension and cerebral hypoperfusion may differ considerably among affected individuals and may even differ in the same patient at different times. Since all forms of reflex syncope share essentially the same basic pathophysiology (i.e., they basically represent the same disorder as best as we currently understand), the apparent clinical differences only reflect primarily which specific trigger elicits the reflex.

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  1. Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Centro Aritmologico, Ospedali del Tigullio, Via Bobbio 24, 16033, Lavagna, Italy

    Dr. Michele Brignole

  2. Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Medical School, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. SE, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Dr. David G. Benditt

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Brignole, M., Benditt, D.G. (2011). Reflex Syncope (Neurally Mediated Syncope). In: Syncope. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-201-8_11

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