2022
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2021-141416
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Appropriate use of transthoracic echocardiography in the investigation of general medicine patients presenting with syncope or presyncope

Abstract: Study purposeRoutine transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in patients with syncope or presyncope is resource-intensive. We assessed if risk thresholds defined by a validated risk score may identify patients at low risk of cardiac abnormality in whom TTE is unnecessary.Study designWe conducted a retrospective study of all general medicine patients with syncope/presyncope presenting to a tertiary hospital between July 2016 and September 2020 and who underwent TTE. The Canadian Syncope Risk Score (CSRS) was used … Show more

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“…The study also obtained echocardiograms for all patients, which was abnormal in 22% of patients and helped determine etiology in three (4%) patients, of which two had severe valvular aortic stenosis and one had a pulmonary embolism. Similarly, previous studies also stated that echocardiography was used in the diagnosis of etiology of syncope in 2-3% of patients [ 14 , 15 , 17 - 19 ]. TMT is recommended for the evaluation of patients who had syncope during or immediately after exertion, as it is useful for the evaluation of ischemic heart disease when cardiac arrhythmia, particularly ventricular arrhythmia, is suspected as a cause of syncope.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 78%
“…The study also obtained echocardiograms for all patients, which was abnormal in 22% of patients and helped determine etiology in three (4%) patients, of which two had severe valvular aortic stenosis and one had a pulmonary embolism. Similarly, previous studies also stated that echocardiography was used in the diagnosis of etiology of syncope in 2-3% of patients [ 14 , 15 , 17 - 19 ]. TMT is recommended for the evaluation of patients who had syncope during or immediately after exertion, as it is useful for the evaluation of ischemic heart disease when cardiac arrhythmia, particularly ventricular arrhythmia, is suspected as a cause of syncope.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 78%