Prevalence of hypotensive disorders in older patients with a pacemaker in situ who attend the Accident and Emergency Department because of falls or syncope

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Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 143-147

  Mitchell, L E ^a   Richardson, D A ^a   Davies, A J ^a   Bexton, R S ^b   Kenny, R A ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and Emergency; Hypotension; Pacemaker; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HEAD TILTING; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0036556449     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2002.0225     Document Type: Article

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