Abstract:Syncope, first described by Hippocrates, can be differentiated into neurological, cardiac and non-cardiac in origin, and this differentiation is of prognostic significance. The cardiac causes of syncope, which can be structural, electrophysiological or infectious, have a relatively poor prognosis and are associated with ethnicity, geographic location and sudden cardiac death. In decreasing frequency, the cardiac causes are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, anomalous coronary arteries, Marfan Syndrome and dilated ca… Show more
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