Transient Loss of Consciousness - References
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Mechanisms
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Cerebral Autoregulation
Simultaneous Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Responses During Presyncope. Roberta L. Bondar, MD, PhD; Mahmood S. Kassam, MASc, DrUniv; Flo Stein, PhD, RVT; Paul T. Dunphy, PEng; Sue Fortney, PhD Marvin L. Riedesel, PhD. Stroke. 1995;26:1794-1800
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Cerebral autoregulation and syncope. Folino FA . Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2007 Jul-Aug;50(1):49-80.
Cerebral autoregulation is impaired in cardioinhibitory carotid sinus syndrome. Parry SW, Steen N, Baptist M, Fiaschi KA, Parry O, Kenny RA. Heart. 2006 Jun;92(6):792-7.
Historical Criteria That Distinguish Syncope From Seizures Robert Sheldon, Sarah Rose, Debbie Ritchie, Stuart J. Connolly, Mary-Lou Koshman, Mary Anne Lee, Michael Frenneaux, Michael Fisher, William Murphy, MD. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002;40:142– 8
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Evidence-based common sense: the role of clinical history for the diagnosis of vasovagal syncopeCarlos A. Morillo. European Heart Journal (2006) 27, 253–254
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Misdiagnosis of epilepsy: many seizure-like attacks have a cardiovascular cause. Zaidi A, Clough P, Cooper P, Scheepers B, Fitzpatrick AP. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000 Jul;36(1):181-4.
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Over-interpretation of electroclinical and neuroimaging findings in syncopes misdiagnosed as epileptic seizures. Fattouch J, Di Bonaventura C, Strano S, Vanacore N, Manfredi M, Prencipe M, Giallonardo AT. Epileptic Disord. 2007 Jun;9(2):170-3.
Diagnostic value of history in patients with syncope with or without heart disease. Alboni P, Brignole M, Menozzi C, Raviele A, Del Rosso A, Dinelli M, Solano A, Bottoni N. Journal of the American College of Cardiology,Volume 37,Issue 7,Pages 1921-1928
Exercise-related syncope in young competitive athletes without evidence of structural heart disease. Clinical presentation and long-term outcome. Colivicchi F, Ammirati F, Biffi A, Verdile L, Pelliccia A, Santini M. Eur Heart J. 2002 Jul;23(14):1125-30.
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Epidemiology and prognostic implications of syncope in young competing athletes. Colivicchi F, Ammirati F, Santini M. Eur Heart J. 2004 Oct;25(19):1749-53.
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Age of Patient and Syncope
Relation of Clinical Presentation of Syncope to the Age of Patients.A. Del Rosso, P. Alboni, M. Brignole, C. Menozzi, A. Raviele. The American Journal of Cardiology,Volume 96,Issue 10,Pages 1431-1435
