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There is no such thing as a simple faint!

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There is no such thing as a simple faint! In many cases, fainting can be an early warning sign of an abnormal heart rhythm which is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death – a devastating condition that kills 100 000 people in the UK alone each year.

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