The evaluation and treatment of syncope a handbook for clinical practice

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: European Society of Cardiology (-)
Otros Autores: Benditt, David G. (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Futura cop. 2006.
Edición:2nd ed
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Syncope: definition, classification and multiple potential causes / Jean-Jacques Blanc, David G. Benditt
  • What is syncope and what is not syncope: the importance of definitions / J. Gert van Dijk, Adam Fitzpatrick
  • Pathophysiology and clinical presentation / Wouter Wieling ... [et al.]
  • Maintaining blood pressure whilst upright: physiology and potential for disturbances to cause syncope / Christopher Mathias
  • Epidemiology and social costs of syncope / Rose Anne Kenny, Wishwa Kapoor
  • Overview of recommended diagnostic strategies / Richard Sutton, David G. Benditt
  • Initial evaluation of syncope patient / Antonio Raviele, Paolo Alboni
  • The role of the prepared questionnaire in initial evaluation of transient losses of consciousness / Anna Serletis, Robert Sheldon
  • Who should be evaluated and treated in hospital, and who can be managed as an outpatient? / David G. Benditt
  • Organizing management of syncope in the hospital and clinic (the syncope unit) / Rose Anne Kenny, Michele Brignole
  • Impact of syncope guidelines on clinical care / Michele Brignole
  • Ambulatory electrocardiographic (AECG) monitoring for evaluation of syncope / Adam Fitzpatrick, David G. Benditt
  • Hemodynamic sensors: the future evaluation of syncope / David G. Benditt
  • The basic autonomic assessment / Richard Sutton, David G. Benditt
  • Electrophysiological testing / Fei Lu, Lennart Bergfeldt
  • Miscellaneous diagnostic procedures: when are they indicated? / Lennart Bergfeldt, Piotr Kulakowski
  • Neurologic diagnostic procedures in syncope / J. Gert van Dijk
  • Contribution of psychiatric disorders to apparent syncope / George Theodorakis
  • Who to treat / Michele Brignole, Rose-Anne Kenny
  • Specific causes of syncope and their treatment strategies / David G. Benditt ... [et al.]
  • Syncope and other causes of transient loss of consciousness in children, teenagers and adolescent / Wouter Wieling
  • Syncope in elderly patients / Rose Anne Kenny
  • Conditions that mimic syncope / J. Gert Van Dijk.