Research Article
Diagnostic Yield of Echocardiography in Syncope Patients with Normal ECG
Table 3
Causes of syncope in normal and abnormal ECG groups with TTE performed.
| | Cause of syncope | Normal ECG with TTE performed (%) | Abnormal ECG with TTE performed (%) |
| | Vasovagal/orthostatic | 58 (30.2) | 32 (34.4) | | Arrhythmia/conduction diseases | 6 (3.13) | 16 (17.2) | | Symptomatic anemia | 1 (0.5) | 0 | | TIA/CVA | 3 (1.5) | 0 | | Any severe valvular diseases | 3 (1.5) | 1 (1.08) | | Ischemic cardiac events/acute HF exacerbation | 3 (1.5) | 10 (10.8) | | Device malfunction | 0 | 1 (1.08) | | Nonspecific | 118 (61.5) | 32 (34.4) | | Carotid hypersensitivity | 0 | 1 (1.08) | | Total | 192 | 93 |
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TIA, transient ischemia attack. CVA, cerebrovascular accidents. HF, heart failure.
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