Performance of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Rhythm Society versus European Society of Cardiology guideline criteria for hospital admission of patients with syncope.

du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne; Zimmermann, Tobias; Badertscher, Patrick; Lopez-Ayala, Pedro; Nestelberger, Thomas; Miró, Òscar; Salgado, Emilio; Zaytseva, Xenia; Gafner, Michele Sara; Christ, Michael; Cullen, Louise; Than, Martin; Martin-Sanchez, F Javier; Di Somma, Salvatore; Peacock, W Frank; Keller, Dagmar I; Costabel, Juan Pablo; Sigal, Alan; Puelacher, Christian; Wussler, Desiree; ... (2022). Performance of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Rhythm Society versus European Society of Cardiology guideline criteria for hospital admission of patients with syncope. Heart rhythm, 19(10), pp. 1712-1722. Elsevier 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.05.024

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BACKGROUND

Current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart Rhythm Society (ACC/AHA/HRS) and European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines recommend different strategies to avoid low-yield admissions in patients with syncope.

OBJECTIVE

The purpose of this study was to directly compare the safety and efficacy of applying admission criteria of both guidelines to patients presenting with syncope to the emergency department in 2 multicenter studies.

METHODS

The international BASEL IX (BAsel Syncope EvaLuation) study (median age 71 years) and the U.S. SRS (Improving Syncope Risk Stratification in Older Adults) study (median age 72 years) were investigated. Primary endpoints were sensitivity/specificity for the adjudicated diagnosis of cardiac syncope (BASEL IX only) and 30-day major adverse cardiovascular events (30d-MACE).

RESULTS

Among 2560 patients in the BASEL IX and 2085 in SRS studies, ACC/AHA/HRS and ESC criteria recommended admission for a comparable number of patients in BASEL IX (27% vs 28%), but ACC/AHA/HRS criteria less often in SRS (19% vs 32%; P <.01). Recommendations were discordant in ∼25% of patients. In BASEL IX, sensitivity for cardiac syncope and 30d-MACE among patients without admission criteria was comparable for ACC/AHA/HRS and ESC criteria (64% vs 65%, P = .86; and 67% vs 71%, P = .15, respectively). In SRS, sensitivity for 30d-MACE was lower with ACC/AHA/HRS (54%) vs ESC criteria (88%; P <.001). Similarly, specificity for cardiac syncope and 30d-MACE in BASEL IX was comparable for both guidelines, but in SRS the ACC/AHA/HRS guidelines showed a higher specificity for 30d-MACE than the ESC guidelines.

CONCLUSION

ACC/AHA/HRS and ESC guidelines showed disagreement regarding admission for 1 in 4 patients and had only modest sensitivity, all indicating possible opportunities for improvements.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1556-3871

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Vjollca Coli

Date Deposited:

27 Dec 2022 15:16

Last Modified:

27 Dec 2022 15:24

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.05.024

PubMed ID:

35644354

Additional Information:

BASEL IX and SRS Investigators: Tobias Reichlin

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Admission Diagnosis Guidelines Safety Syncope

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/176399

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/176399

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