Noncardiovascular |
Reflex mechanisms |
Vasovagal and vasodepressor syncope (neurocardiogenic syncope) |
Micturition |
Deglutition |
Cough |
Orthostatic hypotension |
Dysautonomias |
Fluid depletion |
Illness, bedrest, deconditioning |
Drugs - antidepressants, sympathetic blockers |
Psychogenic |
Hysterical |
Panic disorder |
Anxiety disorder |
Undiagnosed seizures |
Improperly diagnosed syncope - confusional states, eg, due to hypoglycemia, stroke |
Drug-induced loss of consciousness (consider alcohol, illicit drugs) |
Cardiovascular disease |
Arrhythmic causes |
AV block with bradycardia (structural changes, drugs) |
Sinus pauses/bradycardia (vagal causes, sick sinus syndrome, negative chronotropic drugs such as beta blockers and calcium channel blockers) |
Ventricular tachycardia due to structural heart disease |
Nonarrhythmic causes |
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy |
Aortic stenosis |
Syncope of unknown origin |
About 50 percent of patients presenting to the hospital |
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