Fainting Causes

Fun fact: Sadly patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may first "present" in cardiac arrest.

Syncope or feeling faint is a very common presentation to the hospital. Broadly speaking there are cardiac and neurological causes of fainting. We discuss the common causes and why you would suspect one over another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxJ5iib1Hck