Clinical and electrophysiologic management of syncope. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Antonio Raviele, Andrea Natale.
• Editors: Raviele, Antonio; Natale, Andrea
• Contents: Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Contributors; Editorial Board; Editors; Authors; Forthcoming Issues; Forthcoming Issues; Recent Issues; Syncope; Key points; Introduction; Definition; Epidemiology; Classification; Pathophysiology; Summary; Initial Clinical Evaluation; Key points; Was LOC complete?; Did LOC have rapid onset, short duration, and spontaneous recovery?; Diagnosis of the cause of transient LOC; Clinical findings of nonsyncopal LOC; Diagnosis of the cause of syncope; Clinical findings that are only suggestive of a cause of syncope; Sleep syncope. The Value of Tilt Testing and Autonomic Nervous System AssessmentKey points; History; Impact of tilt testing; Negativity toward tilt testing; The place of tilt testing today; Autonomic nervous system function tests; Summary; 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; Limitations of ILRs; Value of EP Study and Other Cardiac Investigations; Key points; Introduction; Identification of high-risk patients. Electrophysiology studySummary; How to Differentiate Syncope from Seizure; Key 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; Risk Stratification of Patients Presenting with Transient Loss of Consciousness; Key points; Introduction; Classification of syncope; Syncope mimics; Diagnostic pathway; Risk stratification of patients with suspected syncope; Short-term high-risk TLOC/syncope markers; Longer-term risk. Risk stratification based on cardiac versus noncardiac causes of syncopeSummary; Syncope in Children and Adolescents; Key points; Introduction; How is syncope defined?; How common is syncope in children?; How is syncope classified in children?; How is syncope evaluated in children and adolescents?; How is syncope managed in children?; Future perspective; Syncope in the Older Person; Key points; Introduction; Epidemiology; Pathophysiology; Managing syncope in the older patient: a case-based approach; Recapitulation; Summary; Syncope as a Warning Symptom of Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes. Key pointsIntroduction; Epidemiology and causes of syncope in athletes; Neurally mediated syncope; Orthostatic hypotension; Cardiogenic syncope in the athlete; Clinical work-up of the athlete with syncope; Summary; Syncope in Hereditary Arrhythmogenic Syndromes; Key points; Introduction; Medical history; Physical examination; Electrocardiogram; Summary; Syncope and Idiopathic (Paroxysmal) AV Block; Key points; Diagnosis of idiopathic AV block; Differential diagnosis from other types of AV block; Epidemiology of syncope due idiopathic AV block.
• Publisher Details: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (276 pages), illustrations (mostly color)
• Subjects: 616.047; Syncope (Pathology); HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General; MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine; MEDICAL / Diseases; MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine; MEDICAL / Internal Medicine; Syncope (Pathology); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0323393292; 9780323393294
• Related ISBNs: 0323393284; 9780323393287
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 6, 2016).
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