title: [The patient with syncope--which are the most useful clinical parameters for defining a diagnostic strategy?].
abstract: Syncope is a frequent diagnosis, but the complete definition of its etiology is not uncommonly a difficult process, in which the physician sometimes needs to perform extensive diagnostic work-up, with low yield or inconclusive data. A thorough clinical evaluation allows, nevertheless, a definition of some criteria of great value in the choice of the most productive line of investigation, as well as in assessing a prognosis for the individual patient.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Brandão
mesh_terms: D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: O doente com síncope--quais são os parâmetros clínicos mais úteis para definir a estratégia diagnóstica?