Long-term outcome of patients with recurrent syncope of unknown cause in the absence of organic heart disease and relation to results of baseline tilt table testing.
Among 123 patients with unexplained syncope in the absence of heart disease who were followed up for 24 +/- 7 months, syncope recurred in a similar minority of them regardless of baseline tilt table testing results. An initially unsuspected cardiac or neuropsychiatric disorder was uncovered in 17 patients later on follow-up examination.
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007545:Isoproterenol; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012008:Recurrence; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000139:chemically induced; D018667:Tilt-Table Test; D013995:Time
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D007545:Isoproterenol