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These clinical features suggestive of a specific cause of syncope: | These clinical features suggestive of a specific cause of syncope: | ||
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In all patients presenting to a physician with syncope an ECG is recommended to screen for a cardiac cause of syncope. Holter monitoring is indicated only in patients who have very frequent syncopes or presyncope. In-hospital monitoring (in bed or telemetric) is warranted only when the patient has important structural heart disease and is at high risk of life-threatening arrhythmias. | In all patients presenting to a physician with syncope an ECG is recommended to screen for a cardiac cause of syncope. Holter monitoring is indicated only in patients who have very frequent syncopes or presyncope. In-hospital monitoring (in bed or telemetric) is warranted only when the patient has important structural heart disease and is at high risk of life-threatening arrhythmias. | ||