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Utility of Routine Transthoracic Echocardiography in Hospitalized Syncope Patients Risk Stratified by EGSYS Score

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Ali Shafiq,, Hardik Bhansali, Meredith Mahan and Karthik Ananthasubramaniam

Utility of Routine Transthoracic Echocardiography in Hospitalized Syncope Patients Risk Stratified by EGSYS Score

Background: The yield of routine transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in the diagnosis and risk stratification of syncope has been a subject of debate. Purpose and Methods: To compare the yield of TTE in different risk categories of syncope patients, we performed a retrospective study of patients who had a TTE with an admission diagnosis of syncope. The patients were then stratified into low and high risk categories based on their Evaluation of Guidelines in Syncope Study (E... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000215

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