Electrophysiology studies for predicting atrioventricular block in patients with syncope: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Heart rhythm Vol. 18; no. 8; pp. 1310 - 1317
• Main Authors: Sheldon, Robert S., Lei, Lucy Y., Solbiati, Monica, Chew, Derek S., Raj, Satish R., Costantino, Giorgio, Morillo, Carlos, Sandhu, Roopinder K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Atrioventricular Block - complications; Atrioventricular Block - physiopathology; Bundle branch block; Cardiac Electrophysiology; Complete heart block; Electrocardiography - methods; Electrophysiology study; Heart Conduction System - physiopathology; Humans; Implantable cardiac monitor; Syncope; Syncope - etiology; Syncope - physiopathology; Implantable cardiac monitor; Complete heart block; Bundle branch block; Syncope; Electrophysiology study

Syncope may be caused by intermittent complete heart block in patients with bundle branch block. Electrophysiology studies (EPS) testing for infra-Hisian heart block are recommended by the European Society of Cardiology syncope guidelines on the basis of decades-old estimates of their negative predi...