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

Win-Kuang Shen; Robert S Sheldon; David G Benditt; Mitchell I Cohen; Daniel E Forman; Zachary D Goldberger; Blair P Grubb; Mohamed H Hamdan; Andrew D Krahn; Mark S Link; Brian Olshansky; Satish R Raj; Roopinder Kaur Sandhu; Dan Sorajja; Benjamin C Sun; Clyde W Yancy

doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000000499

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

Circulation. 2017 Aug 1;136(5):e60-e122. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000499. Epub 2017 Mar 9.

Authors

Affiliation

¹ Writing committee members are required to recuse themselves from voting on sections to which their specific relationships with industry may apply; see Appendix 1 for detailed information. ACC/AHA Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines Liaison. ACC/AHA Representative. HRS Representative. ACEP and SAEM Joint Representative. ACC/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures Liaison.

PMID: 28280231
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000499

No abstract available

Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; adult congenital heart disease; athletes; cardiac syncope; dehydration; diagnosis; driving; geriatrics; neurogenic syncope; orthostatic hypotension; pediatrics; prognosis; reflex syncope; risk assessment; syncope; vasovagal syncope.

Publication types

Practice Guideline
Review

MeSH terms

Cardiology / methods*
Cardiology / standards
Consensus
Humans
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Factors
Syncope / diagnosis*
Syncope / etiology
Syncope / physiopathology
Syncope / therapy*
Treatment Outcome