Topics:
Syncope
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Authors
M. Brignole (Chairperson), P. Alboni, D. Benditt, L. Bergfeldt, J. J. Blanc, P. E. Bloch Thomsen, J. G. van Dijk, A. Fitzpatrick, S. Hohnloser, J. Janousek, W. Kapoor, R. A. Kenny, P. Kulakowski, G. Masotti, A. Moya, A. Raviele, R. Sutton, G. Theodorakis, A. Ungar, W. Wieling
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Table of contents: Full Text (ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines)
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Preamble
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- Scope of the document
- Method
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Part 1. Classification, epidemiology and prognosis
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- Definition
- Brief overview of pathophysiology of syncope
- Classification
- Epidemiological considerations
- Prognostic evaluation
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Part 2. Diagnosis
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- The diagnostic strategy based on the initial evaluation
- Diagnostic yield and prevalence of causes of syncope
- Initial evaluation
- Echocardiogram
- Carotid sinus massage
- Tilt testing
- Electrocardiographic monitoring (non-invasive and invasive)
- Electrophysiological testing
- ATP test
- Ventricular signal-averaged electrocardiogram
- T wave alternans
- Exercise testing
- Cardiac catheterization and angiography
- Neurological and psychiatric evaluation
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Part 3. Treatment
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- General principles
- Neurally-mediated (reflex) syncope
- Orthostatic hypotension
- Cardiac arrhythmias as primary cause
- Structural cardiac or cardiopulmonary disease
- Vascular steal syndromes
- Metabolic
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Part 4. Special issues in evaluating patients with syncope
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- Need for hospitalization
- Syncope in the elderly
- Syncope in paediatric patients
- Syncope management facilities
- Driving and syncope
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Previous versions
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