2017 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Syncope: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society

Table of Contents Preamblee41 Introductione43 Methodology and Evidence Reviewe43 Organization of the Writing Committeee44 Document Review and Approvale44 Scope of the Guidelinee44 General Principlese45 Definitions: Terms and Classificatione45 Epidemiology and Demographicse45 Initial Evaluation of Pa...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2017-08, Vol.70 (5), p.e39-e110
Main Authors: Shen, Win-Kuang, Sheldon, Robert S, Benditt, David G, Cohen, Mitchell I, Forman, Daniel E, Goldberger, Zachary D, Grubb, Blair P, Hamdan, Mohamed H, Krahn, Andrew D, Link, Mark S, Olshansky, Brian, Raj, Satish R, Sandhu, Roopinder Kaur, Sorajja, Dan, Sun, Benjamin C, Yancy, Clyde W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
American Heart Association
Arrhythmia
Athletes
Autonomic nervous system
Bias
Bradycardia
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiology
Cardiology - methods
Cardiology - standards
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular Diseases - complications
Carotid sinus
Child
Classification
Clinical medicine
Clinical practice guidelines
Consciousness
Coronary artery disease
Dehydration
Drugs
EKG
Electrocardiography
Electrophysiological recording
Epidemiology
Evaluation
Health care
Heart
Heart diseases
Humans
Hypotension
Ischemia
Medical diagnosis
Medical prognosis
Pacemakers
Patient Care Management - methods
Patient Care Management - standards
Patients
Prognosis
Quality of life
Risk assessment
Risk Assessment - methods
Sarcoidosis
Sinus
Surgical implants
Syncope
Syncope - diagnosis
Syncope - etiology
Syncope - therapy
Tachycardia
Task forces
Telemetry
United States
Vasovagal syncope
Ventricle
Writing
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Summary:Table of Contents Preamblee41 Introductione43 Methodology and Evidence Reviewe43 Organization of the Writing Committeee44 Document Review and Approvale44 Scope of the Guidelinee44 General Principlese45 Definitions: Terms and Classificatione45 Epidemiology and Demographicse45 Initial Evaluation of Patients With Syncopee47 History and Physical Examination: Recommendatione48 Electrocardiography: Recommendatione49 Risk Assessment: Recommendationse49 Disposition After Initial Evaluation: Recommendationse51 Additional Evaluation and Diagnosise53 Blood Testing: Recommendationse54 Cardiovascular Testing: Recommendationse54 Cardiac Imaging: Recommendationse55 Stress Testing: Recommendatione56 Cardiac Monitoring: Recommendationse56 In-Hospital Telemetry: Recommendatione58 Electrophysiological Study: Recommendationse58 Tilt-Table Testing: Recommendationse59 Neurological Testing: Recommendationse60 Autonomic Evaluation: Recommendatione60 Neurological and Imaging Diagnostics: Recommendationse61 Management of Cardiovascular Conditionse62 Arrhythmic Conditions: Recommendationse62 Bradycardia: Recommendatione62 Supraventricular Tachycardia: Recommendationse63 Ventricular Arrhythmia: Recommendatione63 Structural Conditions: Recommendationse63 Ischemic and Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy: Recommendatione64 Valvular Heart Disease: Recommendatione64 Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Recommendatione64 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: Recommendationse65 Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Recommendationse65 Inheritable Arrhythmic Conditions: Recommendationse66 Brugada Syndrome: Recommendationse66 Short-QT Syndrome: Recommendatione67 Long-QT Syndrome: Recommendationse67 Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia: Recommendationse68 Early Repolarization Pattern: Recommendationse69 Reflex Conditions: Recommendationse70 Vasovagal Syncope: Recommendationse70 Pacemakers in Vasovagal Syncope: Recommendatione72 Carotid Sinus Syndrome: Recommendationse72 Other Reflex Conditionse73 Orthostatic Hypotension: Recommendationse73 Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension: Recommendationse73 Dehydration and Drugs: Recommendationse75 Orthostatic Intolerancee76 Pseudosyncope: Recommendationse76 Uncommon Conditions Associated With Syncopee77 Age, Lifestyle, and Special Populations: Recommendationse79 Pediatric Syncope: Recommendationse79 Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Recommendationse81 Geriatric Patients: Recommendationse81 Driving and Syncope: Recommendatione82 Athletes: Recommendationse84 Quality
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2017.03.003