Incidence and Prognosis of Syncope¹

• “…cardiac syncope can be a harbinger of sudden death”
• Patients with cardiac syncope have a 6-month mortality rate that exceeds 10%
• Cardiac syncope doubled the risk of death

Objective

Study the epidemiology and prognosis of syncope in the general population.

Methods

Evaluation of the incidence, specific causes, and prognosis of syncope among women and men participating in the Framingham Heart Study from 1971 to 1998.

References

1. Soteriades ES, Evans JC, Larson MG, et al. Incidence and prognosis of syncope. N Engl J Med. September 19, 2002;347(12):878-885.

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