Clinical and electrophysiologic management of syncope. ([2013])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Antonio Raviele, Andrea Natale.
• Editors: Raviele, Antonio; Natale, Andrea
• Contents: Front Cover; Clinical and Electrophysiologic Management of Syncope; Copyright; Contributors; Contents; Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics; Preface; Syncope; Key points; Introduction; Definition; Transient Loss of Consciousness; Is TLOC Characterized by Rapid Onset and Short Duration?; Recovery; Rule Out Head Trauma and Epilepsy; Epidemiology; Classification; Pathophysiology; Low CO; Low Peripheral Resistance; Summary; References; Initial Clinical Evaluation; Key points; Was LOC complete?; Did LOC have rapid onset, short duration, and spontaneous recovery? Diagnosis of the cause of transient LOCClinical findings of nonsyncopal LOC; Epilepsy; Transient Ischemic Attack; Hypoglycemia; Psychogenic Pseudosyncope; Cataplexy; Diagnosis of the cause of syncope; Typical Vasovagal Syncope; Situational Syncope; Syncope Caused by Orthostatic Hypotension; Clinical findings that are only suggestive of a cause of syncope; Sleep syncope; References; The Value of Tilt Testing and Autonomic Nervous System Assessment; Key points; History; Impact of tilt testing; Negativity toward tilt testing; The place of tilt testing today. Autonomic nervous system function testsSummary; References; Value of Ambulatory Electrocardiographic Monitoring in Syncope; Key points; Introduction; Technical aspects, implanting technique, and follow-up of ILR; ILRs in the diagnostic evaluation of transient loss of consciousness; Unexplained Syncope; Difficult Cases of Epilepsy; Unexplained Falls; Limitations of ILRs; References; Value of EP Study and Other Cardiac Investigations; Key points; Introduction; Identification of high-risk patients; Electrophysiology study; Bradyarrhythmia; Tachyarrhythmia; Summary; References. How to Differentiate Syncope from SeizureKey points; Introduction; Epileptic seizures; Syncope; Convulsive syncope; The role of the history; Tilt tests for questionable epilepsy; Video recording; ILR for questionable epilepsy; Health services delivery; Summary; References; Risk Stratification of Patients Presenting with Transient Loss of Consciousness; Key points; Introduction; Classification of syncope; Reflex Syncope (Also Termed Neurally Mediated Reflex Syncope); Orthostatic Syncope; Syncope Caused by Cardiac Arrhythmias; Syncope Caused by Structural Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Disease. Syncope mimicsDiagnostic pathway; Risk stratification of patients with suspected syncope; Short-term or Immediate Risk; Short-term high-risk TLOC/syncope markers; Longer-term risk; Risk stratification based on cardiac versus noncardiac causes of syncope; Summary; References; Syncope in Children and Adolescents; Key points; Introduction; How is syncope defined?; How common is syncope in children?; How is syncope classified in children?; Autonomic Syncope; Neurocardiogenic syncope; Dysautonomic syncope; Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome; Breath-holding spells; Blood injury phobia.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, PA : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (chiefly color)
• Subjects: 616.047; Syncope (Pathology); Syncope (Pathology) -- Treatment; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General; MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL -- Diseases; MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780323260893; 0323260896; 1336248998; 9781336248991
• Related ISBNs: 9780323260886; 0323260888
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed July 6, 2015).
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