Structural heart disease as the cause of syncope

Autor: R.B. Guimarães, V. Essebag, M. Furlanetto, J.P.G. Yanez, M.G. Farina, D. Garcia, E.D. Almeida, L. Stephan, G.G. Lima, T.L.L. Leiria
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, Vol 51, Iss 4 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1414-431X
1414-431x
DOI: 10.1590/1414-431x20176989
Popis: We described the clinical evolution of patients with structural heart disease presenting at the emergency room with syncope. Patients were stratified according to their syncope etiology and available scores for syncope prognostication. Cox proportional hazard models were used to investigate the relationship between etiology of the syncope and event-free survival. Of the 82,678 emergency visits during the study period, 160 (0.16%) patients were there due to syncope, having a previous diagnosis of structural heart disease. During the median follow-up of 33.8±13.8 months, mean age at the qualifying syncope event was 68.3 years and 40.6% of patients were male. Syncope was vasovagal in 32%, cardiogenic in 57%, orthostatic hypotension in 6%, and of unknown causes in 5% of patients. The primary composite endpoint death, readmission, and emergency visit in 30 days was 39.4% in vasovagal syncope and 60.6% cardiogenic syncope (P
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