New concepts in the assessment of syncope

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1583-1591

  Brignole, Michele ^a   Hamdan, Mohamed H ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

algorithm; emergency department; software; syncope; transient loss of consciousness

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART PACING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORBIDITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84860313163     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.11.056     Document Type: Review

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