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Table 2 Non-invasive tests along with their diagnostic yield in the study population

From: Syncope: experience at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Diagnostic test

na/Nb (%)

Electrocardiogram

34/258 (13)

Troponin I

4/180 (2)

Echocardiogram

13/92 (7)

Holter monitoring

6/46 (13)

Head-up tilt test

15/38 (39)

Stress test

4/28 (14)

EEG

0/22 (0)

Magnetic resonance imaging

0/18 (0)

Myocardial perfusion scan

3/16 (19)

Dobutamine echo

1/11 (9)

Head computed tomography scan

0/10 (0)

Carotid Doppler

0/7 (0)

  1. aNumber of patients with positive diagnostic test
  2. bNumber of patients who underwent the test