Syncope electrocardiogram
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Overview
Electrocardiogram (ECG), Holter monitoring and electrophysiologic studies: Electrocardiogram and Holter monitoring can tell electric activities of the heart. They can supply informations about heart rhythm and indirectly, heart size. It may help doctor determine the relationship between syncope and arrhythmia. Compared to Holter monitor, electrophysiologic studies have a higher diagnostic yield, it needs to order to any patient with a suspected arrthymia.
- Head images: Head images such as CT and MRI, may be useful to check brain diseases that cause syncope. A CT scan can show brain structureand locate lesions and its surrounding tissues. An MRI uses magnetic fields but it is a different type of image than what is produced by computed tomography (CT) and produces detailed images of the body.
Electrocardiogram
EKG below is recorded in an elderly man with syncope
