Open AccessSYNCOPE AS SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH RISK FACTOR
Author(s) -
T. V. Tyurina
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
kliničeskaâ praktika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-8627
pISSN - 2220-3095
DOI - 10.17816/clinpract5419-26
Subject(s) - syncope (phonology) , medicine , sudden cardiac death , cardiology , sudden death , risk factor
The article analyses the link of syncope and sudden cardiac death risk with primary diagnosis. The data of dependency between syncope and risk of sudden cardiac death and mechanism of syncopal episodes is presented. The criteria of syncope with high sudden cardiac death risk are given. The article also provides an algorithm of syncopal episode diagnosis according to the ESC Guidelines (2009).