Syncope: mechanisms and manifestations.
Patients who have had syncopal episodes--even one episode--should be carefully evaluated. Of special concern is identifying those with a cardiovascular cause of syncope, in whom the one-year mortality is high and death is frequently sudden. An understanding of syncope's various potential mechanisms provides the key to the diagnosis.
Kienzle
M G
MG
University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology