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Syncope is an extremely common complaint, with a select number of nefarious etiologies that need to be rapidly identified among the less sinister causes. This chapter highlights six key underlying pathologies that must be identified on EKG: Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome, QT prolongation, atrioventricular conduction blocks, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, and Brugada Syndrome.
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Tannenbaum, L., Bridwell, R.E., Inman, B.L. (2022). Syncope. In: EKG Teaching Rounds. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06028-1_6
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