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==Epidemiology==
==Epidemiology==
Syncope is common in the general population. The life-time cumulative incidence of ≥1 syncopal episodes in teenagers in the general population is high, with about 40 % by the age of 21 years. Reflex syncope is by far the most common cause. The majority have experienced reflex-mediated syncope episodes as teenagers and adolescents. The frequency of orhtostatic hypotension and cardiac syncope increases with age. Approximately 10-30% of the syncope episodes in patients above 60 years visiting a hospital for their syncope episodes are of cardiac origin.
Syncope is common in the general population. The life-time cumulative incidence of ≥1 syncopal episodes in teenagers in the general population is high, with about 40 % by the age of 21 years. Reflex syncope is by far (>95%) the most common cause. The majority have experienced reflex-mediated syncope episodes as teenagers and adolescents. The frequency of orthostatic  hypotension and cardiac syncope increases with age. Approximately 10-30% of the syncope episodes in patients above 60 years visiting a hospital for their syncope episodes are of cardiac origin.


==Clinical features==
==Clinical features==

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