The ACCF/AHA scientific statement on syncope: A document in need of thoughtful revision

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 363-368

  Benditt, D G ^a   Wieling, Wouter ^b   Olshansky, Brian ^c   Abe, Haruhiko ^d   Alboni, Paolo ^e   Andresen, Dietrich ^f   Axelrod, Felicia B ^g   Bennaroch, Eduardo ^h   Bergfeldt, Lennart ⁱ   Blanc, Jean Jacques ^j   Brignole, Michele ^k   Camm, A John ^l   Chelimsky, Thomas ^m   Cortelli, Pietro ⁿ   Van Dijk, J Gert ^o   Van Dijk, Nynke ^b   Esler, Murray ^p   Fitzpatrick, Adam ^q   Fouad Tarazi, Fetnat ^r   Freeman, Roy ^s   Goldstein, MaryAnn ^t   Grubb, Blair ^u   Herweg, Bengt ^v   Hilz, Max J ^g,w   Jacob, Giris ^x   Jardine, David ^y   Jordan, Jens ^z   Joyner, Michael J ^aa   Kapoor, Wishwa ^ab   Kaufmann, Horacio ^ac   Kenny, Rose Anne ^ad,ae   Krahn, Andrew ^af   Lau, Chu Pak ^ag   Levine, Benjamin D ^ah   Van Lieshout, Johannes J ^b   Lipsitz, Lewis ^ai   Low, Philip ^aj   Lurie, Keith G ^a,ak   Malik, Marek ^l   Mathias, Christopher J ^al,am,an   Moya, Angel ^ao   Raj, Satish R ^ap   Raviele, Antonio ^aq   Saksena, Sanjeev ^ar   Sarasin, Francois P ^as   Saul, Philip J ^at   Schondorf, Ronald ^au   Senard, Jean Michel ^av   Sheldon, Robert ^aw   Shen, Win Kuang ^h   Sra, Jasbir ^ax   Stephenson, John ^ay,az   Stewart, Julian M ^ba   Sutton, Richard ^bb,bc   Tanaka, Hidetaka ^bd   Theodorakis, George ^be   Thijs, Roland D ^o   Ungar, Andrea ^bf   Wilde, A A M ^bg   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^f Vivantes Klinikum   (Germany)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^k DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^l ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^o LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^p MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^q MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^r LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^s BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^t Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine   (United States)

^u MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^v UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^x RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^y UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^z CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^aa MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ac MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ad TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^ae NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^af UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ai HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^aj Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^ak U of MN St Cloud Hospital FMR   (United States)

^al ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^am NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^an UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ao HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^ap VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aq Ospedale Umberto   (Italy)

^ar RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^as UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^at MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^au MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^av UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^ay ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^az UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^ba NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^bb IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^bc ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^bd OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^be ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^bf UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^bg ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Consensus; Diagnosis; Evaluation; Management; Practice guidelines; Syncope

Indexed keywords

BRUGADA SYNDROME; DEFIBRILLATOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

CARDIOLOGY; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33845809497     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-006-0370-3     Document Type: Review

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