RT Book, Section
A1 Grubb, Blair P.
A2 Fuster, Valentin
A2 Harrington, Robert A.
A2 Narula, Jagat
A2 Eapen, Zubin J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1161719579
T1 DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF SYNCOPE
T2 Hurst's The Heart, 14e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843249
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161719579
RD 2024/04/24
AB Syncope  is  a  sudden  loss  of  consciousness  and  postural  tone  caused  by  transient  decreased  cerebral  blood  flow;  it  is  associated  with  spontaneous  recovery.  The  occurrence  of  syncope  in  the  general  population,  as  reflected  in  the  Framingham  Study,  is  3.0%  in  men  and  3.5%  in  women.1  As  a  general  rule,  the  incidence  of  syncope  increases  with  age.  In  the  United  States,  1  to  2  million  patients  are  evaluated  for  syncope  annually;  3%  to  5%  of  emergency  department  visits  and  1%  to  6%  of  urgent  hospital  admissions  are  for  syncope.2,3,4,5  As  a  result,  management  of  syncope  is  associated  with  significant  resource  use  and  expense.6,7,8