Vasovagal syncope in the older person: Differences in presentation between older and younger patients

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-470

  Duncan, Gordon W ^a   Tan, Maw Pin ^a   Newton, Julia L ^a   Reeve, Pamela ^a   Parry, Steve W ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Syncope; Vasovagal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

SYNCOPE;

EID: 77954269919     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq039     Document Type: Article

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