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Circulation is available at http://circ.ahajournals.org by guest on April 12, 2017 © 2017 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation, American Heart Association, Inc., and Heart Rhythm Society 2 Shen W-K, et al. 2017 ACC/AHA/HRS Syncope Guideline Table of Contents Preamble .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 8 1.1. Methodology and Evidence Review ......................................................................................................... 8 1.2. Organization of the Writing Committee ................................................................................................... 8 1.3. Document Review and Approval .............................................................................................................. 8 1.4. Scope of the Guideline .............................................................................................................................. 9 2. General Principles ............................................................................................................................................. 11 2.1. Definitions: Terms and Classification .................................................................................................... 11 2.2. Epidemiology and Demographics ........................................................................................................... 12 2.3. Initial Evaluation of Patients With Syncope ........................................................................................... 13 History and Physical Examination: Recommendation ....................................................................... 14 Electrocardiography: Recommendation ............................................................................................. 15 Risk Assessment: Recommendations................................................................................................. 16 Downloaded from Disposition After Initial Evaluation: Recommendations ................................................................... 19 3. Additional Evaluation and Diagnosis ............................................................................................................... 21 3.1. Blood Testing: Recommendations .......................................................................................................... 22 3.2. Cardiovascular Testing ........................................................................................................................... 23 Cardiac Imaging: Recommendations ................................................................................................. 24 http://circ.ahajournals.org/ Stress Testing: Recommendation ....................................................................................................... 25 Cardiac Monitoring: Recommendations ............................................................................................ 25 In-Hospital Telemetry: Recommendation .......................................................................................... 28 Electrophysiological Study: Recommendations ................................................................................ 29 Tilt-Table Testing: Recommendations .............................................................................................. 30 3.3. Neurological Testing..............................................................................................................................