Table 3.

Visits needed for final diagnosis

	total (n = 419)	1 day/visit n = 211; (% of total)	2 visits n = 182 (% of total)	>2 visits n = 20 (% of total)
no cardiovascular disease	274	137 (50)	124 (45)	13 (5)
coronary artery disease	35	14 (40)	18 (51)	3 (9)
cardiomyopathy	25	15 (60)	8 (32)	2 (8)
valvular disease	25	21 (84)	4 (16)	–
hypertension	22	13 (59)	9 (41)	–
arrhythmia	18	5 (28)	11 (61)	2 (11)
orthostasis/collapse n.o.s.	6	–	6 (100)	–
no diagnosis or lost to follow-upa	14

Final diagnosis was reached after 1 visit (equals 1 daypart, third column), 2 visits (fourth column) or more than 2 visits (fifth column)

n.o.s. not otherwise specified

^a 8 patients did not show up at or could not perform their additional investigations so no final diagnosis could be made; 6 patients were completely lost to follow-up.