title: Evaluation of the patient with syncope.
abstract: The evaluation of the syncopal patient is often expensive and may not yield a specific diagnosis. An understanding of the cardiac and noncardiac causes of syncope can be helpful in making a specific goal-oriented evaluation of these patients.
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006801:Humans; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy