Syncope in the elderly

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-9

  Wöhrle, Jochen ^a   Kochs, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Pacemaker; Syncope; Tilt test; Vasovagal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ETILEFRINE; FLUDROCORTISONE; GANGLION BLOCKING AGENT; HYDRALAZINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIDODRINE; PAROXETINE; PRAZOSIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FLUID INTAKE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORTALITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; REFLEX DISORDER; SALT INTAKE; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 17044455380     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-003-0140-y     Document Type: Article

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