Yield of diagnostic tests in evaluating syncopal episodes in older patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1299-1305

  Mendu, Mallika L ^a   McAvay, Gail ^a   Lampert, Rachel ^a   Stoehr, Jonathan ^a   Tinetti, Mary E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART ENZYME;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY POSTURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART BLOCK; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; STROKE; SYNCOPE; TELEMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 67749084302     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.204     Document Type: Article

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