Risk Factors for Syncope Recurrence After a Positive TiltTable⇓ Test in Patients With Syncope
by Robert Sheldon, Sarah Rose, Patricia Flanagan, Mary Lou Koshman, and Shawn
Killam
Circulation
Volume 93(5):973-981
March 1, 1996
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A, Probability of remaining free of syncope in 101 patients after a positive tilt-table test.
Robert Sheldon et al. Circulation. 1996;93:973-981
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A, Modeled probability of remaining free of syncope, estimated from the proportional hazards
model of the pretest variables in Table 4, in patients who have had 2, 7, or 17 syncopal spells in
the preceding 6 months.
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Graphical depiction of the interaction of the number of syncopal spells and duration of
symptoms in predicting the probability of remaining free of syncope for 1 year after a positive
tilt-table test.
Robert Sheldon et al. Circulation. 1996;93:973-981
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A, Modeled probability of remaining free of syncope, estimated from the proportional hazards
model for both pretest and intratest variables in Table 4, in patients who had syncope or
presyncope as a tilt-test outcome.
Robert Sheldon et al. Circulation. 1996;93:973-981
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The use of number of syncopal spells and duration of symptoms to assign the risk of a
recurrence of fainting in (top) the first year after a positive tilt test and (bottom) the first 2 years
after a positive tilt test.
Robert Sheldon et al. Circulation. 1996;93:973-981
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