Category: Cardiology
Keywords: syncope, arrhythmias, dysrhythmias (PubMed Search)
Posted: 9/12/2010 by Amal Mattu, MD (Updated: 8/11/2026)
17-18% of cases of syncope are attributable to arrhythmias
The greatest predictors of arrhythmias as the cause of syncope are:
a. Abnormal ECG (odds ratio 8.1)
b. History of CHF (odds ratio 5.3)
c. Age older than 65 (odds ratio 5.4)
[Sarasin, et al. Academic Emergency Medicine 2003]
