A high diagnostic rate in older patients attending an integrated syncope clinic

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 783-787

  Youde, J ^a   Ruse, C ^a   Parker, S ^a   Fotheby, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carotid sinus syndrome; elderly; head up tilt testing; syncope

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; ANTIVERTIGO AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUDROCORTISONE; FLUOXETINE; MIDODRINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CENTER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; VERTIGO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENGLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SYNCOPE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 0033932555     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04753.x     Document Type: Article

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