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Down for the Count! The Down for the Count! The Evaluation of SyncopeEvaluation of Syncope
Wyatt W. Decker, M.D.
Department of Emergency Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
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OUTLINEOUTLINE
• Case
• Epidemiology
• Signs and symptoms
• What data help to risk-stratify patients with syncope?
• Who should be admitted after a syncopal event?
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Case PresentationCase Presentation
• 82-year-old male was found by son, unresponsive
• When ambulance arrived, his pulse was 70 and BP was 160/98
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Case PresentationCase Presentation82-Year-Old Male82-Year-Old Male
• History: HTN on HCTZ
• Exam: Facial contusion; otherwise normal
• ECG: NSR, PVCs
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Case PresentationCase Presentation82-Year-Old Male82-Year-Old Male
• What to do?
1) Holter as outpatient
2) Echo
3) Admit for EP studies
4) Admit for 23° monitoring
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Case PresentationCase Presentation82-Year-Old Male82-Year-Old Male
• Risk Stratification
1) High risk for an adverse event
2) Moderate risk
3) Low risk
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Case PresentationCase Presentation82-Year-Old Male82-Year-Old Male
• Question orthostatic blood pressure
1) Always check - very useful
2) Sometimes check - can be useful
3) Never check - is useless
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Case PresentationCase Presentation82-Year-Old Male82-Year-Old Male
Red Light: Observation Unit
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SYNCOPE: DefinitionSYNCOPE: Definition
• A transient loss of consciousness
• Spontaneous and full recovery
• Loss of postural tone
• No prolonged confusion
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“Syncope and sudden death are the same,
except that in one you wake up”
Anonymous
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SYNCOPE: EpidemiologySYNCOPE: Epidemiology
• 6% hospital admits
• Up to 3% ED visits
• 12-40% of young adults
• 6% incidence in > 75 y/o
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SYNCOPE: SYNCOPE: Natural HistoryNatural History
Kapoor: Medicine, 1990Kapoor: Medicine, 1990
102030405060
0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5
Year of follow-up
%
CardiogenicUndeterminedNoncardiac
Mortality Sudden Death
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SYNCOPE: Etiology - NoncardiacSYNCOPE: Etiology - Noncardiac
• Vasodepressor (12-29%)
• Situational (1-8%)
• Seizure
• Psychogenic
• Orthostatic (4-12%)
• Drug-induced (2-9%)
• Carotid sinus
• Neuralgia
• Neurologic (TIA, stroke, migraine)
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Causes of Syncope: NEJM, Sept 2002Causes of Syncope: NEJM, Sept 2002
Total Sample (N=822)
Cardiac 9.5%
Unknown* 36.6%
Stroke or TIA 4.1%
Seizure 4.9%
Vasodepressor 21.2%
Orthostatic 9.4%
Medication 6.8%
Other^ 7.5%
* When a participant did not seek medical attention for syncope and the history, physical examination, and electrocardiographic findings were not consistent with any of the specific causes, the cause was considered to be unknown.
^ Cough syncope, micturition syncope, and situational syncope were included in the category of other causes. Soteriades ES, et al NEJM 347(12); Sept 19, 2002
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SYNCOPE: Etiology CardiacSYNCOPE: Etiology Cardiac
• Obstruction to flow (3-11%)
- HOCM, AS, MS, myxoma
- PS, PE, Pulm HTN
- MI, tamponade, AD
• Arrhythmias
- Sick sinus, AV block, pacer
- VT, SVT
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SYNCOPE: Signs/SymptomsSYNCOPE: Signs/Symptoms
• Age
- Those less than 45 tend to do well
- Those over 65 are higher risk
- Ages in between are incremental
- There is no age cutoff
Kapoor, et al: NEJM 309;1983
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QUESTIONS Points(If Yes)
At times you wake with a cut tongue after your spells? 2
At times do you have a sense of déjà vu or jamais vu before your spells? 1
At times is emotional stress associated with losing consciousness? 1
Has anyone ever noted your head turning during a spell? 1
Has anyone ever noted that you are unresponsive, having unusualposturing or have jerking limbs during your spells or have no memory ofyour spells afterwards? (score as yes for any positive response)
1
Has anyone ever noted that you are confused after a spell? 1
Have you ever had lightheaded spells? -2
At times do you sweat before your spells? -2
Is prolonged sitting or standing associated with your spells? -2
The patient has seizures if the point score is >1, and syncope if the point score is <1.
Sheldon et al: Diagnosis of syncope and seizures; JACC July 3, 2002: 40(1):142-148.
Diagnostic Questions to Determine Whether Loss Diagnostic Questions to Determine Whether Loss of Consciousness is Due to Seizures or Syncopeof Consciousness is Due to Seizures or Syncope
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SYNCOPE: Signs/SymptomsSYNCOPE: Signs/Symptoms
• SZ vs. syncope
- N = 94
- SZ = 41; No SZ = 53
• Logistic Regression Analysis
- SZ Diagnosis
• Frothing
• Tongue biting
• Disoriented
• < 45 y/o
• LOC > 5 min
- Not a SZ
• Sweating,nausea prior and oriented after event
• > 45 y/o
Hoefnagels, et al: J Neurology 238; 1991
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SYNCOPE: Signs/SymptomsSYNCOPE: Signs/Symptoms
• Tongue-biting
- 106 SZ patients vs. 45 syncope patients
- Sensitivity 24%; specificity 99%
• Based on 8 patients withtongue-biting
Benbadis, et al: Arch Int Med 155;1995
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SYNCOPE: Signs/SymptomsSYNCOPE: Signs/Symptoms
• CHF = poor outcome
- N = 491; 12% with syncope
- Cardiac syncope; 49% dead 1 year
- Noncardiac syncope: 39% dead 1 year
- No syncope; 12% dead 1 year
- Risk factor for poor outcome in multiple studies
Middlekauff, et al: JACC 21:1; 1993
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Orthostatic hypotensionOrthostatic hypotension
Proceed with
Caution!
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SYNCOPE: Signs/SymptomsSYNCOPE: Signs/Symptoms
• Generally defined as drop in systolic BP> 20 mmHg on standing
• Present in 40% patients > 70 years
• Present in up to 23% patients < 60
• Reproduction of symptoms may be useful
Proceed with
Caution!
Orthostatic hypotensionOrthostatic hypotension
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SYNCOPE: Diagnostic TestingSYNCOPE: Diagnostic Testing
• ECG - diagnostic in 2-12%
• Blood work - low yield, not helpful
• Only lab abnormalities found are those expected based on history/PE
• Holter monitoring
• Tilt table
• Electrophysiology studies
Day, et al: Am J Med 73;1982.
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SYNCOPE: Evaluation - ECGSYNCOPE: Evaluation - ECG
• What to look for:
- VT (3 or more beats)
- Sinus pause (> 2 seconds)
- Bradycardia with symptoms
- SVT with symptoms or hypotension
- AF slow vent response
- 2° + 3° AV block
- Pacemaker malfunction
Martin, et al: Ann Emerg Med 29:4; 1997
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Diagnostic Efficacy of 24 Hour Diagnostic Efficacy of 24 Hour Holter Monitoring for SyncopeHolter Monitoring for Syncope
Gibson: AJC 53, 1984
Syncope/presyncopeSyncope/presyncopeduring monitoringduring monitoring
(17%)(17%)
Arrhythmia withoutArrhythmia withoutsymptomssymptoms
(15%)(15%)
1,512 patients1,512 patients
DocumentedDocumentedarrhythmia (2.1%)arrhythmia (2.1%)
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Tilt Table TestingTilt Table TestingPositive yield
(pseudo Specificity Repro-
sensitivity (%) controls (%) ducibility (%)
Passive tilt 20-75 80-90 60-70
Isoproterenol 40-85 55-80 65-90
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Results of Electrophysiologic Results of Electrophysiologic Testing in Patients with Syncope of Testing in Patients with Syncope of
Unknown CauseUnknown Cause
Patient Abnormal
Reference (no.) EP (%)
Sra et al 86 34
DiMarco et al 25 68
Gulamhusein et al 34 18
Hess et al 32 56
Akhtar et al 30 53
Olshansky et al 105 37
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SYNCOPE: The DilemmaSYNCOPE: The Dilemma
• Disposition Challenge
- Patients often asymptomatic in ED
- Majority of causes benign
- Concern of sudden death
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Discord in theDiscord in theEvaluation of SyncopeEvaluation of Syncope
NeurologistNeurologist CardiologistCardiologist
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Economic Burden of Syncope EvaluationEconomic Burden of Syncope Evaluation
• Up to $17,000/pt of “unnecessary” testing for diagnosis of vasovagal syncope(Calkins, 1993)
• Overall cost per admission $5,300(HCFA, 1996)
• Cost to health care system >1 billion(Olshansky, 1998)
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SYNCOPE: Risk StratificationSYNCOPE: Risk Stratification
• Identify low-risk patients who need minimal testing and have a low likelihood of an adverse event
• Identify high-risk patients in whom a more aggressive approach towards care is indicated
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SYNCOPE: Risk StratificationSYNCOPE: Risk Stratification
• Syncope patients in ED
- Derivation N = 252
- Validation N = 374
- Data: History, PE, ECG
- Outcome: Arrhythmias and mortality at 1 year
Martin, et al: Ann Emerg Med 29;1997
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SYNCOPE: Risk StratificationSYNCOPE: Risk Stratification
Validation cohort
Abnl ECG, ventricular arrhythmia, CHF, Age > 45
Distribution of patients across risk strata
No. of RiskFactors
No. FromDerivation Cohort
(%) [n=252]
No. FromValidation Cohort
(%) [n=374]
0 55 (22) 91 (24)
1 63 (25) 108 (29)2 88 (35) 142 (38)
3 or 4 46 (18) 33 (9)
Martin, et al: Ann Emerg Med 29;1997
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SYNCOPE: ManagementSYNCOPE: Management
• Risk factors: > 45 years, ventricular arrhythmia, abnormal ECG, CHF
• Martin, et al
- 72° cardiac mortality;0% with no risk factors
- 1 year mortality 57% with 3
- 1 year mortality 80% with 4
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SYNCOPE: ManagementSYNCOPE: Management
• When to admit - ACEP guidelines1. History CHF, ventricular arrhythmia
2. Scenario c/w ACS
3. Evidence CHF, valve disease on evaluation in ED
4. Abnormal ECG
• Consider if:1. Age > 60
2. Hx CAD, congenital heart disease
3. Family history sudden death
4. Exertional syncope
Ann of EM June 2001;37:771-776
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Assessment of ACEP Syncope PolicyAssessment of ACEP Syncope Policy
N = 201
•Apply ACEP Level A & B recommendations for admission
•Results:- Sensitivity 100%
- 29% reduction in admits
Elesber, Decker, et al: AEM May 2002;9:370-371
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Syncope: SummarySyncope: Summary
• Etiology is often unclear
• Risk stratification is key
• Admit high risk patients
- Intermediate risk?
• Low risk: Send out
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