Long-term outcome of patients with recurrent syncope of unknown cause in the absence of organic heart disease and relation to results of baseline tilt table testing

Konstantinos Gatzoulis; Skevos Sideris; Artemis Theopistou; Hlias Sotiropoulos; Christodoulos Stefanadis; Pavlos Toutouzas

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00907-x

Long-term outcome of patients with recurrent syncope of unknown cause in the absence of organic heart disease and relation to results of baseline tilt table testing

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Oct 1;92(7):876-9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00907-x.

Authors

Konstantinos Gatzoulis¹, Skevos Sideris, Artemis Theopistou, Hlias Sotiropoulos, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Pavlos Toutouzas

Affiliation

¹ Cardiology Department, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. [email protected]

PMID: 14516899
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00907-x

Abstract

Among 123 patients with unexplained syncope in the absence of heart disease who were followed up for 24 +/- 7 months, syncope recurred in a similar minority of them regardless of baseline tilt table testing results. An initially unsuspected cardiac or neuropsychiatric disorder was uncovered in 17 patients later on follow-up examination.

MeSH terms

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
Adult
Aged
Comorbidity
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Diseases / epidemiology
Humans
Isoproterenol
Male
Middle Aged
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
Patient Compliance
Prospective Studies
Recurrence
Syncope / diagnosis*
Syncope / drug therapy
Syncope / epidemiology
Syncope, Vasovagal / chemically induced
Tilt-Table Test*
Time

Substances

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Isoproterenol