Management of syncope: Clinical and economic impact of a Syncope Unit

Europace

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 471-476

  Ammirati, Fabrizio ^a   Colaceci, Roberto ^a   Cesario, Antonio ^a   Strano, Stefano ^b   Della Scala, Alberto ^c   Colangelo, Irene ^c   De Santo, Tiziana ^c   Toscano, Elena ^c   Ricci, Renato ^d   Santini, Massimo ^d  

^a GB Grassi Hospital   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^c Medtronic Italia SpA   (Italy)

^d SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Loss of consciousness; OESIL risk score; Pacemaker; Syncope Unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART PACING; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL AUDIT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 44449100133     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun061     Document Type: Article

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