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Cardiac syncope

MedGen UID:
155878
•Concept ID:
C0751535
•
Sign or Symptom
Synonyms: Cardiogenic Syncope; Cardiogenic Syncopes; Syncope, Cardiogenic; Syncopes, Cardiogenic
SNOMED CT: Cardiac syncope (788877005)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Syncope: Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis.
Runser LA, Gauer RL, Houser A
Am Fam Physician 2017 Mar 1;95(5):303-312. PMID: 28290647
2017 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Syncope: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
Shen WK, Sheldon RS, Benditt DG, Cohen MI, Forman DE, Goldberger ZD, Grubb BP, Hamdan MH, Krahn AD, Link MS, Olshansky B, Raj SR, Sandhu RK, Sorajja D, Sun BC, Yancy CW
Circulation 2017 Aug 1;136(5):e60-e122. Epub 2017 Mar 9 doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000499. PMID: 28280231
Syncope: diagnosis and management.
Walsh K, Hoffmayer K, Hamdan MH
Curr Probl Cardiol 2015 Feb;40(2):51-86. Epub 2014 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2014.11.001. PMID: 25686850

Recent clinical studies

Therapy

Syncope and electrocardiogram.
Bo M, Del Rosso A
Minerva Med 2022 Apr;113(2):234-242. Epub 2021 Apr 21 doi: 10.23736/S0026-4806.21.07531-5. PMID: 33881283
New insights in diagnostics and therapies in syncope: a novel approach to non-cardiac syncope.
Brignole M, Rivasi G
Heart 2021 Jun;107(11):864-873. Epub 2021 Jan 18 doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2020-318261. PMID: 33462120
Vasovagal syncope with asystole: the role of cardiac pacing.
Brignole M, Tomaino M, Gargaro A
Clin Auton Res 2017 Aug;27(4):245-251. Epub 2017 Jul 1 doi: 10.1007/s10286-017-0441-7. PMID: 28669088
Syncope in the elderly.
Wöhrle J, Kochs M
Z Gerontol Geriatr 2003 Feb;36(1):2-9. doi: 10.1007/s00391-003-0140-y. PMID: 12616401
Primary systemic amyloidosis.
Comenzo RL
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2000 Apr;1(1):83-9. doi: 10.1007/s11864-000-0018-9. PMID: 12057064

Prognosis

Cardiac and Vascular Causes of Syncope and Atherosclerosis.
da Silva RMFL, Brugada J
Curr Cardiol Rep 2022 Oct;24(10):1241-1249. Epub 2022 Aug 1 doi: 10.1007/s11886-022-01757-7. PMID: 35913673
Syncope: Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis.
Runser LA, Gauer RL, Houser A
Am Fam Physician 2017 Mar 1;95(5):303-312. PMID: 28290647
2017 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Syncope: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
Shen WK, Sheldon RS, Benditt DG, Cohen MI, Forman DE, Goldberger ZD, Grubb BP, Hamdan MH, Krahn AD, Link MS, Olshansky B, Raj SR, Sandhu RK, Sorajja D, Sun BC, Yancy CW
Circulation 2017 Aug 1;136(5):e60-e122. Epub 2017 Mar 9 doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000499. PMID: 28280231
Syncope: diagnosis and management.
Walsh K, Hoffmayer K, Hamdan MH
Curr Probl Cardiol 2015 Feb;40(2):51-86. Epub 2014 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2014.11.001. PMID: 25686850
Syncope.
Moya-I-Mitjans Á, Rivas-Gándara N, Sarrias-Mercè A, Pérez-Rodón J, Roca-Luque I
Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) 2012 Aug;65(8):755-65. Epub 2012 Jul 3 doi: 10.1016/j.recesp.2012.03.005. PMID: 22763183

Clinical prediction guides

Syncope Prediction Scores in the Emergency Department.
Liang Y, Li X, Tse G, King E, Roever L, Li G, Liu T
Curr Cardiol Rev 2022;18(5):1-7. doi: 10.2174/1573403X18666220321104129. PMID: 35319380Free PMC Article
Did This Patient Have Cardiac Syncope?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review.
Albassam OT, Redelmeier RJ, Shadowitz S, Husain AM, Simel D, Etchells EE
JAMA 2019 Jun 25;321(24):2448-2457. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.8001. PMID: 31237649
2017 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Syncope: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.
Shen WK, Sheldon RS, Benditt DG, Cohen MI, Forman DE, Goldberger ZD, Grubb BP, Hamdan MH, Krahn AD, Link MS, Olshansky B, Raj SR, Sandhu RK, Sorajja D, Sun BC, Yancy CW
Circulation 2017 Aug 1;136(5):e60-e122. Epub 2017 Mar 9 doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000499. PMID: 28280231
Syncope: diagnosis and management.
Walsh K, Hoffmayer K, Hamdan MH
Curr Probl Cardiol 2015 Feb;40(2):51-86. Epub 2014 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2014.11.001. PMID: 25686850
Cardiac syncope.
Anderson J, O'Callaghan P
Epilepsia 2012 Dec;53 Suppl 7:34-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03713.x. PMID: 23153208

Recent systematic reviews

Did This Patient Have Cardiac Syncope?: The Rational Clinical Examination Systematic Review.
Albassam OT, Redelmeier RJ, Shadowitz S, Husain AM, Simel D, Etchells EE
JAMA 2019 Jun 25;321(24):2448-2457. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.8001. PMID: 31237649
Prognostic significance of noncardiac syncope in the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Ricci F, Sutton R, Palermi S, Tana C, Renda G, Gallina S, Melander O, De Caterina R, Fedorowski A
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2018 Dec;29(12):1641-1647. Epub 2018 Oct 5 doi: 10.1111/jce.13715. PMID: 30106212
Prognostic value of cardiac biomarkers in the risk stratification of syncope: a systematic review.
Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Ramaekers R, Rahman MO, Stiell IG, Sikora L, Kelly SL, Christ M, Claret PG, Reed MJ
Intern Emerg Med 2015 Dec;10(8):1003-14. Epub 2015 Oct 23 doi: 10.1007/s11739-015-1318-1. PMID: 26498335

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