Cardiac Outcomes for Presyncope and Syncope in the ED

TOPLINE: Adults aged 40 years or older presenting to the emergency department (ED) with presyncope (near-fainting) or syncope (fainting) had similar rates of 30-day serious cardiac outcomes (5.2% vs 4.7%), although physicians estimated a higher risk for patients with syncope during their ED assessments. METHODOLOGY: Researchers conducted a secondary analysis of a prospective…