Syncope toolkit

Syncope case histories

Case histories in this toolkit:

Vasovagal syncope

• Carotid sinus syndrome (CSS)
• Convulsive syncope
• Vasovagal syncope
• Post-exercise induced neurally-mediated syncope

Cardiac syncope

• Drug induced bradycardia
• Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
• Long QT syndrome
• Myocardial Ischaemia
• Pulmonary embolism
• Aortic stenosis
• Atrial fibrillation
• Brugada syndrome

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Falls and syncope

• Syncope with multiple causes
• Unexplained falls 

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Investigations

• Syncope of unknown origin

Syncope in children and young people

• Anomalous origin of left coronary artery in a child with syncope

Orthostatic hypotension

• Orthostatic hypotension and autonomic neuropathy
• Orthostatic hypotension after squatting case history

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Postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS)

• Postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) case history

Non-haemodynamic collapse / Psychogenic Pseudosyncope (PPS)

• Non-haemodynamic collapse / Psychogenic Pseudosyncope (PPS) case history

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Syncope case histories references (411 KB PDF)