Predictors of Mortality, Rehospitalization for Syncope, and Cardiac Syncope in 352 Consecutive Elderly Patients With Syncope

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 326-330

  Khera, Sahil ^a   Palaniswamy, Chandrasekar ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Sule, Sachin ^a   Doshi, Jay V ^a   Adapa, Sreedhar ^a   Balasubramaniyam, Nivas ^a   Ahn, Chul ^b   Peterson, Stephen J ^a   Nabors, Christopher ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac syncope; Elderly; Syncope; Syncope rehospitalization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC SYNCOPE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID SINUS; CAROTID SINUS HYPERSENSITIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE WAS;

EID: 84876786926     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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