Syncope is a common complaint that often requires hospital admission. 1, 2 In the admitted
patient, multiple tests are performed to ascertain the cause of syncope. A frequent test …

Med Sci 2003; 58: 1055-8. 14. Link MS, Lauer EP, Homoud MK, Wang PJ, Estes NA 3rd.
Low yield of rule-out myocardial infarction protocol in patients presenting with syncope. Am J …

Objective: To determine the prevalence of acute cardiac ischemia in emergency department
(ED) syncope patients without chest pain and to determine which of these patients are at …

Objective: We sought to determine the incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in
emergency department (ED) patients with syncope, the characteristics of these AMIs and …

Background Prior studies of admitted geriatric syncope patients suggest that diagnostic tests
affect management< 5% of the time; whether this is true among all emergency department …

Objectives: We sought to assess the cost implications of two investigation strategies in
patients with unexplained syncope. Background: Establishing a diagnosis in patients with …

To assess whether the level of risk of having significant electrophysiologic abnormalities can
be determined, 29 clinical variables were analyzed in 104 patients with unexplained …

Purpose: To review the literature on diagnostic testing in syncope and provide
recommendations for a comprehensive, cost-effective approach to establishing its cause …

Diagnosis of Syncope. Introduction: The Eastbourne Syncope Assessment Study aims to
increase diagnostic yield in unexplained syncope while reducing investigational costs. The …

Many patients without an identified cause of syncope have negative tilt tests. We
hypothesized that many of these might be falsely negative tilt tests. If so, then patients with …