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The same vasomotor instability which shows itself in the tendency to syncopal attacks is apparent in many other ways.

From The Nervous Child by Cameron, Hector Charles

The syncopal attacks are, in all probability, directly dependent upon a marked reduction of the ventricular rate.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

When she began to refuse food and before she was tube-fed regularly, she twice had syncopal attacks and lost considerable flesh which was gradually regained under tube-feeding.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)

Some patients have syncopal attacks with the least injury or with any mental shock.

From Disturbances of the Heart by Osborne, Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas)

It is possible that the syncopal attacks in this case were the result of sclerosis of the vessels supplying the heart muscle although careful microscopical examination did not throw much light on the ultimate cause.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall