High risk syncope – Cardiology MCQ – Answer

Which of the following does not indicate a high risk feature in the history of a syncopal event?

Correct answer: d) Occurs after prolonged standing or in crowded or hot places. This indicates reflex syncope as the most likely possibility.

All the rest indicate a cardiac origin of syncope. Other associated features for a low risk syncope are being triggered by cough, defecation or micturition, during a meal or post prandial, after sudden unexpected unpleasant sight, sound, smell or pain and while getting up from supine or sitting position.

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