"A publication based on the Guidelines on management (diagnosis and treatment) of syncope by the European Society of Cardiology (www.escardio.org/knowledge.guidelines)."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-289) and index.

Syncope: definition, classification, and multiple potential causes / Jean-Jacques Blanc, David G. Benditt -- What is syncope and what is not syncope: the importance of definitions / J. Gert van Dijk, Adam Fitzpatrick -- Pathophysiology and clinical presentation / Wouter Wieling ... [et al.] -- Maintaining blood pressure whilst upright: physiology and potential for disturbances to cause syncope / Christopher Mathias -- Epidemiology and social costs of syncope / Rose Anne Kenny, Wishwa Kapoor -- Overview of recommended diagnostic strategies / Richard Sutton, Michele Brignole -- Initial evaluation of the syncope patient / Antonio Raviele, Paolo Alboni -- The role of the prepared questionnaire in initial evaluation of transient losses of consciousness / Anna Serletis, Robert Sheldon -- Who should be evaluated and treated in hospital, and who can be managed as an outpatient? / David G. Benditt -- Organizing management of syncope in the hospital and clinic (the syncope unit) / Rose Anne Kenny, Michele Brignole -- Impact of syncope guidelines on clinical care / Michele Brignole -- Ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring for evaluation of syncope / Adam Fitzpatrick, David G. Benditt -- Hemodynamic sensors: the future evaluation of syncope / David G. Benditt -- The basic autonomic assessment / Richard Sutton, David G. Benditt -- Electrophysiological testing / Fei Lu, Lennart Bergfeldt -- Miscellaneous diagnostic procedures: when are they indicated? / Lennart Bergfeldt, Piotr Kulakowski -- Neurologic diagnostic procedures in syncope / J. Gert van Dijk -- Contribution of psychiatric disorders to apparent syncope / George Theodorakis -- Who to treat / Michele Brignole, Rose Anne Kenny -- Specific causes of syncope and their evaluation and treatment strategies / David G. Benditt ... [et al.] -- Syncope and other causes of transient loss of consciousness in children, teenagers and adolescent / Wouter Wieling, Karin S. Ganzeboom, Jan Janousek -- Syncope in the older adult (including driving implications) / Rose Anne Kenny, David G. Benditt -- Conditions that mimic syncope / J. Gert Van Dijk.