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Herzkrankheiten pp 449–462Cite as

Synkope

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Häufig liest man in Arztbriefen die Formulierung „unklare Synkope“. Es gelang keine Diagnosestellung, obwohl z.T. erheblicher Aufwand betrieben wurde. Dieses Kapitel will v.a. praxisbezogene Empfehlungen zur Abklärung der Ursache und Einschätzung der Prognose nach Synkopen vermitteln.

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Blum, T., Kalusche, D. (2004). Synkope. In: Roskamm, H., Neumann, FJ., Kalusche, D., Bestehorn, HP. (eds) Herzkrankheiten. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18649-3_20

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