16

Jan

2020

16:30

GMT

Webinar

Tilt-Testing for Syncope: When to Refer and When It Can Make a Difference

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Overview

Effectively differentiating between potentially life-threatening causes of syncope and more benign causes requires careful evaluation. Tilt-testing is used variably across cardiovascular units around the world. Its sensitivity and specificity in identifying causes for syncope is debated, yet it can provide important diagnostic information if performed and interpreted skilfully and has a role in guiding therapy. We discuss how it is performed, how to interpret the results, and when it can make a difference to the investigation and treatment of patients with syncope.

Faculty:


P Boon Lim

P Boon Lim


Afzal Sohaib

Afzal Sohaib

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Key Learning Objectives

  • Explain how to perform a tilt-test and what is involved
  • Describe how to interpret the results
  • Discuss the indications and appropriate cases to refer
  • Explain when it can make a difference in making a diagnosis
  • Explain when it can make a difference in guiding therapy

Target Audience

  • General Cardiology
  • Electrophysiology
  • General Medicine
  • General Practice
  • Geriatric Medicine

Faculty Biographies


P Boon Lim

P Boon Lim

Dr P Boon Lim is a Cardiologist and electrophysiologisy specialising in heart rhythm disturbances, pacing and syncope at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and a senior lecturer at Imperial College London.

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Afzal Sohaib

Afzal Sohaib

Dr Afzal Sohaib is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Bart's Heart Centre in London and Barking, Havering, and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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