The relation between age, sex, comorbidity, and pharmacotherapy and the risk of syncope: A Danish nationwide study

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1506-1514

  Ruwald, Martin Huth ^a   Hansen, Morten Lock ^a   Lamberts, Morten ^a   Hansen, Carolina Malta ^a   Hojgaard, Michael Vinther ^a   Kober, Lars ^b   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^a   Hansen, Jim ^a   Gislason, Gunnar Hilmar ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Syncope

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MORPHINE; SOTALOL; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866916333     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus154     Document Type: Article

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