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Unexplained Faints and Consciousness

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Man whose heart stopped beating 817 times in a single month, and why TV presenter Matt's story is a dramatic warning to us all

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Matt Cain first experienced spells of fainting aged seven.

After spending many years searching for a correct diagnosis, including a misdiagnosis with epilepsy along the way, he was fitted with a pacemaker last year and is now in control of his autonomically mediated syncope.

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A great story with a happy ending.

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