14th International Congress
THE "NEW FRONTIERS"
OF ARRHYTHMIAS 2000

Jan. 29 - Feb. 5, 2000
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

RT-185

Clinical neuromediated syncope: risk factors for syncope recurrence after tilt-table testing in untreated patients

Giovanni Foglia Manzillo, MarioComelli*, GiovanniCorrado, GiorgioTadeo, Luca Mario Tagliagambe, Manuela Spata, Mauro Santarone.
Department of Cardiology, H. Valduce, Como and *Dpt. of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Pavia University, Pavia, Italy

Introduction

Recurrent syncope is a common clinical event and its evaluation represents a significant aspect of clinical practice. Head-up tilt testing (HUTT) is widely accepted as a means for evaluating patients with suspected neurally mediated syncope^1-3. In order to treat patients with neuromediated syncope there is still the need for identification of patients at high risk for recurrences^4-6. The purpose of this prospective study was to follow the clinical course of untreated patients with clinical neurocardiogenic syncope after nitroglycerin head-up tilt testing, and to determine risk factors for syncopal recurrence.