syncope associated with significant cardiovascular disease (CVD)

Last reviewed 01/2018

Syncope is a feature of patients suffering with the following chronic cardiovascular disorders:

  • aortic stenosis
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • pulmonary stenosis
  • mitral stensosis
  • hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  • coronary heart disease

Changing murmurs suggest:

  • atrial myxoma
  • ventricular mural thrombus