The use of an implantable loop recorder in the investigation of unexplained syncope in older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-188

  Armstrong, V Lynne ^a   Lawson, Joanna ^a   Kamper, Adriaan M ^a   Newton, Julia ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Implantable loop recorder; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD TILTING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDER; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0037344751     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.2.185     Document Type: Article

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