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New data refutes the effectiveness of a promising new therapy.
For years it has been common knowledge that people who are under a lot of stress have an increased risk of heart disease. The appropriate evaluation of syncope is not that difficult. But if it is not done right, there may be serious consequences. Once the symptoms set in, however, those symptoms often progress rapidly, and are relieved only by surgery or by death. But many doctors, trained in the era when beta blockers were considered dangerous in these patients, haven't yet gotten the message.