Obligatory medical device diagnostics.
- Electrocardiogram (ECG; recording of the electrical activity of the heart muscle).
- Abdominal sonography (ultrasound examination of the abdominal organs) – for basic diagnostics.
- X-ray of the thorax (X-ray thorax/chest), in two planes [may indicate hypoxia: e.g., evidence of heart failure/heart failure, pneumonia/pneumonia].
Optional medical device diagnostics – depending on the results of the history, physical examination, laboratory diagnostics and mandatory medical device diagnostics – for differential diagnostic clarification.
- Echocardiography (echo; cardiac ultrasound) – for suspected structural heart disease.
- Computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging of the skull (cranial CT or.cCT/cranial MRI or cMRI) – for further diagnostics, e.g., if a space-occupying process is suspected.
- Encephalogram (EEG; recording of the electrical activity of the brain).
