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Background The appropriate diagnostic work-up of patients with syncope is not well defined. We applied the guidelines of Italian 'Associazione Nazionale Medici Cardiologi Ospedalieri' to a group of consecutive patients with syncope referred to three Syncope Units. The aim of the study was to evaluate the applicability of those guidelines in the 'real world' and their impact on the use of the tests...
Background The finding of bundle branch block in patients with syncope suggests that paroxysmal AV block may be the cause of syncope, even though its prevalence is unknown. MethodsWe evaluated 55 consecutive patients with syncope and bundle branch block (mean age 75+/-8 years; median of two syncopal episodes per patient) referred to three Syncope Units. The hierarchy and appropriateness of diagnostic...
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