Recurrent syncope is not an independent risk predictor for future syncopal events or adverse outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Almost 20% of patients with syncope will experience another event. It is unknown whether recurrent syncope is a marker for a higher or lower risk etiology of syncope. The goal of this study is to determine whether older adults with recurrent syncope have a higher likelihood of 30-day serious clinical events than patients experiencing their first episode.

Methods

This study is a pre-specified secondary analysis of a multicenter prospective, observational study conducted at 11 emergency departments in the US. Adults 60 years or older who presented with syncope or near syncope were enrolled. The primary outcome was occurrence of 30-day serious outcome. The secondary outcome was 30-day serious cardiac arrhythmia. In multivariate analysis, we assessed whether prior syncope was an indepen

SUBMITTER: Chang AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688170 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature