Gender Differences in Presentation, Management, and Cardiac Event-Free Survival in Patients With Syncope
Freed L, Eagle K, Mahjoub Z, Gold M, Smith A, Terrell L, O’Gara P, Paul S. Gender Differences in Presentation, Management, and Cardiac Event-Free Survival in Patients With Syncope. The American Journal Of Cardiology 1997, 80: 1183-1187. PMID: 9359547, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00637-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac event-free survivalAbnormal signal-averaged electrocardiogramEvent-free survivalSignal-averaged electrocardiogramCardiac event-free survival rateEvent-free survival rateGender-based differencesLeft ventricular dysfunctionPrognosis of patientsVentricular ejection fractionSignal-averaged electrocardiographyMassachusetts General HospitalCardiac causesVentricular dysfunctionCardiac eventsElectrophysiologic testingCardiac syncopeConsecutive patientsCoronary angiographyEjection fractionHospital admissionClinical presentationVentricular arrhythmiasHolter monitoringGeneral Hospital