aetiology
Last reviewed 07/2023
The causes of syncope include:
- neurally mediated syncope:
- vasovagal attack 18%
- situational syncope 5%
- carotid-sinus syncope 1%
- psychiatric disorder:
- principally panic/anxiety disorder 2%
- orthostatic syncope 8%
- drug-induced 3%
- neurological disease 10%
- cardiac and vascular syncope:
- structural heart disease 4%
- arrhythmia 14%
- unknown 34%
Reference:
- 1) Kapoor, WN. (2000). Primary Care: Syncope. N. Engl. J. Med. 343(25), 1856-62.
cardiac and pulmonary causes of syncope