Prospective multicentre systematic guideline-based management of patients referred to the Syncope Units of general hospitals

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-118

  Brignole, Michele ^a   Ungar, Andrea ^b   Casagranda, Ivo ^c   Gulizia, Michele ^d   Lunati, Maurizio ^e   Ammirati, Fabrizio ^f   Del Rosso, Attilio ^g   Sasdelli, Massimo ^h   Santini, Massimo ⁱ   Maggi, Roberto ^a   Vitale, Elena ^c   Morrione, Alessandro ^b   Francese, Giuseppina Maura ^d   Vecchi, Maria Rita ^e   Giada, Franco ^j  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Biagio e Cesare Arrigo   (Italy)

^d GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^f Ospedale Grassi   (Italy)

^g SAN GIUSEPPE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h SANDRO PERTINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j OSPEDALE DELL'ANGELO   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Diagnostic pathway; Guidelines; Syncope; Syncope Unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 73849106957     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup370     Document Type: Article

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