About 10 minutes later, he had a second syncopal episode for 2 to 3 minutes with more than 20 muscle jerks. On presentation at the emergency department, he was afebrile, blood pressure was 120/59 mm Hg, heart rate was 85 beats per min, respiratory rate was 16 br...
The recently published PESIT12 was specifically aimed at evaluating PE prevalence in syncope by applying a standardized diagnostic protocol for all the patients admitted to the hospital for their first episode of syncope. According to the investigators, the prevalence of PE can be as high as 17% ...
Although exercise contributes to physical and psychological well-being, there are insufficient data to indicate whether an athlete with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy diagnosed after a syncopal episode can safely resume competitive physical activity. The purpose of this study was to review the literature on ...
During a mean follow-up period of 105.4 ± 51 months, 18% of all patients had at least one syncopal episode. Theses recurrences were less common in Group A than Group B (Table 1, Fig. 1; 5.6% vs. 29.3%; p = 0.02). In Group B, the incidence of syncope was lower in...
It is therefore particularly important to focus on determining whether the syncope is related to life-threatening arrhythmia or it is noncardiac syncope will define the patient's management, with an ICD or completion of investigation with prolonged ECG monitoring or genetic testing (e.g. for long...
At 1-year follow-up five patients who experienced syncope during HUT experienced at least one episode of syncope, whereas none not so identified did. We conclude that: (1) Supine ICD testing is insufficient to predict individual patient tolerance to ICD therapy; (2) HUT testing predicts ...