[Syncope-- reasonable diagnostic tools to identify potentially dangerous syncopes].
Syncopes are quite often seen by family doctors and in emergency wards. It is of utmost importance to differentiate between syncope of cardiac and non-cardiac origin, as prognosis and work-up are very different. Regularly used diagnostic tools, their indication and yield and finally an algorithm for a work-up are outlined.
Universitätsspital Basel, Klinik für Kardiologie.
Beat
B
Schaer
Universitätsspital Basel, Klinik für Kardiologie.
Michael
M
Kühne
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D018667:Tilt-Table Test / Q000379:methods*