| Patients with a family history of arrhythmia, syncope, or sudden death also may be at higher risk. |
| However, syncope, aborted cardiac arrest, and sudden death do continue to occur. |
| In patients without focal neurologic symptoms and signs, syncope from cerebrovascular disease is extremely rare. |
| The traditional spellings of English place names such as Worcester and Gloucester bear evidence of syncope. |
| Patients usually have no symptoms, but if the pause is prolonged, they may have light-headedness, palpitations, syncope, and falls. |
| He was discharged the following afternoon with a presumptive diagnosis of vasovagal syncope, perhaps related to defecation. |
