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Assessment of Syncope

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Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can manifest syncope during the course of their disease. This chapter reviews three etiologies of syncope in these patients: arrhythmogenic causes (bradycardia and tachycardia), left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, and neurocardiogenic causes. An approach to the evaluation of the syncope in terms of etiology, diagnosis, and recommended treatment is presented.

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The authors wish to thank Mr. Raphaël Benabou for his editorial assistance in the preparation of this manuscript.

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  1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, 120 Mineola Boulevard, Suite 500, Mineola, 11501, NY, USA

    Nickolaos Michelakis MD, FACC & Todd J. Cohen MD, FACC, FHRS

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    Srihari S. Naidu

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Michelakis, N., Cohen, T.J. (2015). Assessment of Syncope. In: Naidu, S. (eds) Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4956-9_8

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