Although tilt testing has emerged as the test of choice for assessing patients with suspected neurally mediated syncope, the optimum duration of tilt testing is poorly defined. This in part relates to the absence of a gold standard to assess test performance.
Division of Cardiology, Starr-4, Department of Medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 525 E. 68th St., New York, NY 10021, USA. kstein@mail.med.cornell.edu