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Clinical, electrocardiogram, and laboratory variables were also collected. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify predictors of significant findings on echocardiography.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 3,686 patients were enrolled. Of these, 995 (27%) received echocardiography, and 215 (22%) had a significant finding on echocardiography. Regression analysis identified five predictors of significant findings: (1) history of congestive heart failure, (2) history of coronary artery disease, (3) abnormal electrocardiogram, (4) high\u2010sensitivity troponin\u2010T &gt;14\u00a0pg\/mL, and 5) N\u2010terminal pro B\u2010type natriuretic peptide &gt;125\u00a0pg\/mL. These five variables make up the ROMEO (Risk Of Major Echocardiography findings in Older adults with syncope) criteria. The sensitivity of a ROMEO score of zero for excluding significant findings on echocardiography was 99.5% (95% CI: 97.4%\u201099.9%) with a specificity of 15.4% (95% CI: 13.0%\u201018.1%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title><jats:p>If validated, this risk\u2010stratification tool could help clinicians determine which syncope patients are at very low risk of having clinically significant findings on echocardiography.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>FUNDING<\/jats:title><jats:p>This project was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01 HL111033. 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