Syncope Evaluation at a Crossroad

Syncope evaluation at a crossroad: for which patients?

A thoughtful history and complete physical examination, performed by an astute clinician, will provide diagnostic clues to guide management.2,8,9 Unfortunately, the approach often undertaken includes low-yield testing (EEG, CT scan, carotid Dopplers, Holter monitor, and cardiac enzymes),2,4,10 yet even “proper” testing (electrophysiology testing and tilt table testing) can be fruitless. In near...

Mathematical Proofs at a Crossroad?

For more than 2000 years, from Pythagoras and Euclid to Hilbert and Bourbaki, mathematical proofs were essentially based on axiomatic-deductive reasoning. In the last decades, the increasing length and complexity of many mathematical proofs led to the expansion of some empirical, experimental, psychological and social aspects, yesterday only marginal, but now changing radically the very essence...

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