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Welcome to Syncopedia, a free syncope tutorial and textbook, Syncopedia is targeted at physicians that want to become syncope doctors. Development of Syncopedia has started in March 2014.

Initial evaluation of patients with suspected syncope

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Initiators FJ de Lange, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands J de Jong, Onze Lieve Vrouwengasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands W Wieling, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Editorial board W Wieling, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands AS Vink, Academic Medical Centre, The Netherlands JSY de Jong, Academic Medical Centre, The Netherlands (Webmaster) JWM Lenders, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Technische Universität Dresden, Germany FJ de Lange, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands RD Thijs, Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede, The Netherlands Contributors JG van Dijk, Leiden Academic Medical Centre, Leiden, The Nertherlands N van Dijk, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands J Halliwil, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA J de Jong, Onze Lieve Vrouwengasthuis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands RA Kenny, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland JJ van Lieshout, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands S Raj, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada RS Sheldon, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada R Sutton, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom JM Stewart, New York Medical College, USA