Tilt Table Testing By Thomas Cascino, MD, MSc, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan; Michael J Shea, MD, Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan Reviewed / Revised Jul 2021 | Modified Sep 2022 View Patient Education Procedure Interpretation Topic Resources Tilt Table Test Tilt table testing is used to evaluate syncope in Younger, apparently healthy patients Elderly patients when cardiac and other tests have not provided a diagnosis Tilt table testing produces maximal venous pooling, which can trigger vasovagal (neurocardiogenic) syncope and reproduce the symptoms and signs that accompany it (nausea, light-headedness, pallor, hypotension, bradycardia).