Great expectations: what patients with unexplained syncope desire

W Wieling¹, R D Thijs^{2

3}, M Linzer⁴, F J de Lange⁵, A Ross⁶, J G van Dijk³, R Sutton⁷, N van Dijk⁸

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¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² SEIN - Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁶ Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
⁷ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Family Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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W Wieling et al. J Intern Med. 2016 Mar.

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. 2016 Mar;279(3):259-64.

doi: 10.1111/joim.12450. Epub 2015 Nov 18.

W Wieling¹, R D Thijs^{2

3}, M Linzer⁴, F J de Lange⁵, A Ross⁶, J G van Dijk³, R Sutton⁷, N van Dijk⁸

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
² SEIN - Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁶ Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
⁷ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
⁸ Department of Family Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Keywords: empathy; history building; listening; patient's desires; quality of life; syncope.

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