Conditions incorrectly diagnosed as syncope

Disorders with partial or complete LOC but without global cerebral hypoperfusion

Epilepsy

Metabolic disorders including hypoglycaemia, hypoxia, hyperventilation with hypocapnia

Intoxication

Vertebrobasilar TIA

Disorders without impairment of consciousness

Cataplexy

Drop attacks

Falls

Functional (psychogenic pseudosyncope)

TIA or carotid origin

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LOC: loss of consciousness; TIA: transient ischaemic attack.

Reproduced with permission from: European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), Heart Failure Association (HFA), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), et al. 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). Eur Heart J 2009; 30:2631. Copyright © 2009 Oxford University Press.

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