{"product_id":"the-evaluation-and-treatment-of-syncope-9781405140300","title":"The Evaluation and Treatment of Syncope","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesigned for the practitioner, this handbook provides an easy-to-read overview of how to evaluate and treat patients with a history of fainting. The 2nd Edition has been fully revised to contain all the latest information concerning diagnosis and treatment. It is based on the 2004 update of the ESC Guidelines on the Management of Syncope and offers up-to-date direction based on comprehensive analysis.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll chapters share a consistent structure and are concise - only essential references are included. However, each chapter comes with suggestions for further reading and a comprehensive literature source is provided separately at the end of the book and divided into major interest areas.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ESC Education Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is part of the ESC Education Series. The series is designed to provide medical professionals with the latest information about the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Where av\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This comprehensive tome is the most in depth presentation of the evaluation and treatment of patients with a history of fainting that I have come across.... You will learn a lot.\" (\u003ci\u003eCardiology News\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2009)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection one: Definition, pathophysiology, epidemiology\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Syncope: definition, classification, and multiple potential causes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-Jacques Blanc, David G. Benditt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Whatis syncope and whatis notsyncope: the importance of definitions\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Gert van Dijk, Adam P. Fitzpatrick\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Pathophysiology and clinical presentation\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWouter Wieling, J. Gert van Dijk, Johannes J. van Lieshout, David G. Benditt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Maintaining blood pressure while upright: physiology and potential for disturbances to cause syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher J. Mathias\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Epidemiology and social costs of syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRose Anne Kenny, Wishwa N. Kapoor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection two: Syncope evaluation strategy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Overview of recommended diagnostic strategies\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Sutton, Michele Brignole\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Initial evaluation of the syncope patient\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAntonio Raviele, Paolo Alboni\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 The role of the prepared questionnaire in initial evaluation of transient losses of consciousness\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna Serletis, Robert S. Sheldon\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Who should be evaluated and treated in hospital, and who can be managed as an outpatient?\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid G. Benditt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Organizing management of syncope in the hospital and clinic (the syncope unit)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRose Anne Kenny, Michele Brignole\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 Impact of syncope guidelines on clinical care\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichele Brignole\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection three: Specific diagnostic procedures\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring for evaluation of syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam P. Fitzpatrick, David G. Benditt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Hemodynamic sensors: the future evaluation of syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid G. Benditt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 The basic autonomic assessment\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Sutton, David G. Benditt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Electrophysiological testing\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFei Lü, Lennart Bergfeldt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Miscellaneous diagnostic procedures: when are they indicated?\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLennart Bergfeldt, Piotr Kulakowski\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Neurologic diagnostic procedures in syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Gert van Dijk\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 Contribution of psychiatric disorders to apparent syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Theodorakis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection four: Causes of syncope and syncope mimics, and treatment\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19 Who to treat\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichele Brignole, Rose Anne Kenny\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20 Specific causes of syncope: their evaluation and treatment strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 1 Neurally mediated reflex syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid G. Benditt, Jean-Jacques Blanc\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 2 Orthostatic syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngel Moya, Wouter Wieling\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 3 Cardiac arrhythmias and conduction system disease as a primary cause of syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngel Moya\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 4 Structural cardiac and pulmonary causes of syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean-Jacques Blanc, Jan Janousek\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 5 Cerebrovascular disorders as the primary cause of syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Gert van Dijk\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21 Syncope and other causes of transient loss of consciousness in children, teenagers, and adolescents\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWouter Wieling, Karin S. Ganzeboom, Jan Janousek\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22 Syncope in the older adult (including driving implications)\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRose Anne Kenny, David G. Benditt\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23 Conditions that mimic syncope\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. 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