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Cardiac Syncope

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“Cardiac syncope” comprises those causes of syncope that are primarily due to disturbances of cardiac or cardiovascular function.1 Thus, cardiac conduction system disease, primary cardiac rhythm disturbances, and cardiovascular structural abnormalities are incorporated within this category (previously “cardiac arrhythmias” and “structural cardiac and cardiovascular disease” were considered as separate classes2,3).

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  1. Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Centro Aritmologico, Ospedali del Tigullio, Via Bobbio 24, 16033, Lavagna, Italy

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  2. Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Medical School, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. SE, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Dr. David G. Benditt

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Brignole, M., Benditt, D.G. (2011). Cardiac Syncope. In: Syncope. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-201-8_13

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