2018 Guidelines for Diagnosis/Management of Syncope

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

19 Mar 2018

The 2018 ESC Guidelines for Syncope consist of a full text, supplementary data giving further explanation on specific points, and web-practical instructions. Advice is given on how to evaluate patients with loss of consciousness (LOC) and how to perform and interpret tests properly: tracings, videos, flow charts, and checklists are provided. While the full text gives formal, evidence-based recommendations according to the standard rules of the ESC, the new supplementary data allow expansion of the content into practical issues, filling the gap between the best available scientific evidence and the need for dissemination of these concepts into clinical practice. ('We have the knowledge: we need to teach it'.)

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Topic(s):

Syncope and Bradycardia

Arrhythmias and Device Therapy

Treatment

Endorsed by cardiac societies

Swiss Society of Cardiology , Austrian Society of Cardiology , Belgian Society of Cardiology , Belorussian Scientific Society of Cardiologists* , Association of Cardiologists of Bosnia & Herzegovina , British Cardiovascular Society , Bulgarian Society of Cardiology , Czech Society of Cardiology , Egyptian Society of Cardiology , Estonian Society of Cardiology , French Society of Cardiology , German Cardiac Society , Hungarian Society of Cardiology , Kyrgyz Society of Cardiology , Latvian Society of Cardiology , Lithuanian Society of Cardiology , Maltese Cardiac Society , National Society of Cardiology of North Macedonia , Polish Cardiac Society , Portuguese Society of Cardiology , Romanian Society of Cardiology , Russian Society of Cardiology* , Cardiology Society of Serbia , Slovak Society of Cardiology , Slovenian Society of Cardiology , Spanish Society of Cardiology , Swedish Society of Cardiology , Turkish Society of Cardiology , Ukrainian Association of Cardiology

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https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehy037

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