Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope (version 2009): The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Syncope of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)
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- and Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Endorsed by the following societies, European Society of Emergency Medicine (EuSEM), European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM), European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS), American Geriatrics Society (AGS), European Neurological Society (ENS), European Federation of Autonomic Societies (EFAS), American Autonomic Society (AAS), Authors/Task Force Members, Andrés Moyá, Richard Sutton, Fabrizio Ammirati, J.-J. Blanc, Michele Brignole, Johannes B. Dahm, Jean‐Claude Deharo, Jacek Gajek, Knut Gjesdal, Andrew Krahn, M Massin, Mauro Pepi, Thomas Pezawas, R. Ruiz Granell, François Sarasin, Andrea Ungar, J. Gert van Dijk, Edmond Walma, Wouter Wieling, External Contributors, Haruhiko Abe, David G. Benditt, Wyatt W. Decker, Blair P. Grubb, Horacio Kaufmann, Carlos A. Morillo, Brian Olshansky, Steve W. Parry, Robert S. Sheldon, Win‐Kuang Shen, Alec Vahanian, A. Auricchio, Jeroen J. Bax, Claudio Ceconi, V. Dean, Gerasimos Filippatos, Christian Funck‐Brentano, Richard Hobbs, Patricia M. Kearney, Theresa A. McDonagh, Keith McGregor, Bogdan A. Popescu, Željko Reiner, Udo Sechtem, Per Anton Sirnes, Michał Tendera, Panos Vardas, Petr Widimský, Document Reviewers, A. Auricchio, Esmeray Acartürk, Felicita Andreotti, Riccardo Asteggiano, Urs Bauersfeld, Abdelouahab Bellou, Athanase Bénétos, J. Brandt, Mina K. Chung, Pietro Cortelli, Antoine Da Costa, Fabrice Extramiana, José M. Ferro, B. Gorenek, Antti Hedman, Rafael Hirsch, G Kaliská, Rose Anne Kenny, K. P. Kjeldsen, Rachel Lampert, Henning Mølgard, Rain Paju, Aras Puodžiūkynas, Antonio Raviele, P. Roman, Martin Scherer, Ronald Schondorf, R. Sicari, Peter Vanbrabant, Christian Wolpert, J Zamorano
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- European Heart Journal
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- 2009
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- 2,046
Abstract
The ESC Guidelines represent the views of the ESC and were arrived at after careful consideration of the available evidence at the time they were written. Health professionals are encouraged to take them fully into account when exercising their clinical judgement. The guidelines do not, however, override the individual responsibility of health professionals to make appropriate decisions in the circumstances of the individual patients, in consultation with that patient, and where appropriate and necessary the patient's guardian or carer. It is also the health professional's responsibility to verify the rules and regulations applicable to drugs and devices at the time of prescription.