Cardiogenic shock is characterized by depression of cardiac function that leads to low blood pressure, coronary ischemia, and further decreased cardiac contractility resulting in tissue hypoxemia. The ...

What is necessary? What is superfluous? One in three persons will experience syncope. Other causes of brief loss of consciousness need to be differentiated: brain stem ischemia, epileptic seizures, ...

A Sioux City woman in her 60s was playing golf in Phoenix on a 60-degree winter day when she suddenly collapsed to the ground. The woman went to see a local doctor who told her she passed out because ...