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| Number of episodes of syncope and/or presyncope per patient/year occurring after pacemaker implantation | |
| Trauma (defined as emergency department access) | |
| Drug history | |
| Clinical examination | |
| Blood test (glycemia, creatinine level, hematocrit) | |
| Telemetry monitoring for ≤48 h to exclude dangerous arrhythmias | |
| Presence of orthostatic hypotension detected after the first 1 min and after 3 min while standing up and defined as a change of ≥20 mmHg in systolic arterial pressure and 10 mmHg in diastolic arterial pressure | |
| Response to SCM carried out in the upright position as hypotension and/or symptoms | |
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