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ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline

2017 ACC/AHA/HRS Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of Patients With Syncope: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines, and the Heart Rhythm Society

Win-Kuang Shen, Robert S. Sheldon, David G. Benditt, Mitchell I. Cohen, Daniel E. Forman, Zachary D. Goldberger, Blair P. Grubb, Mohamed H. Hamdan, Andrew D. Krahn, Mark S. Link, Brian Olshansky, Satish R. Raj, Roopinder Kaur Sandhu, Dan Sorajja, Benjamin C. Sun, Clyde W. Yancy
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Originally published March 9, 2017
Win-Kuang Shen
Writing committee members are required to recuse themselves from voting on sections to which their specific relationships with industry may apply; see Appendix 1 for detailed information. ACC/AHA Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines Liaison. ACC/AHA Representative. HRS Representative. ACEP and SAEM Joint Representative. ACC/AHA Task Force on Performance Measures Liaison. Former Task Force member; current member during the writing effort.
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Mitchell I. Cohen
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Zachary D. Goldberger
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Blair P. Grubb
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Mohamed H. Hamdan
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Andrew D. Krahn
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Mark S. Link
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Satish R. Raj
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Roopinder Kaur Sandhu
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Dan Sorajja
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Benjamin C. Sun
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