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Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness ... indications: • Echocardiogram ... Carotid US • Brain MRI ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Syncope ... testing #Cost #Effectiveness
Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) may be performed by either single-photon emission CT (SPECT) or positron
significantly worse on echocardiogram ... Acute pulmonary ... myocardium Severe pulmonary ... when baseline EKG ... non-selective adenosine