Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a child, Janet Mercel was prone to fainting. She remembers passing out in her Upstate New York home, at school and at the ...

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 ...

History-taking and physical examination will usually indicate whether the fainting spell is syncopal or from another cause, and will allow for a precise diagnosis in about 40% of older patients. [7] ...