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Usefulness and Safety of Shortened Head‐Up Tilt Testing Potentiated with Sublingual Glyceryl Trinitrate in Older Patients with Recurrent Unexplained Syncope

Attilio Del Rosso, Andrea Ungar, Paolo Bartoli, Tommaso Cellai, Chiara Mussi, Niccolò Marchionni, Giulio Masotti, The Gruppo Italiano Di Studio della sincope dell'anziano

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2002 · 36 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

The shortened GTN-HUT provides satisfactory positivity rate and specificity in older patients. This test may be considered as a diagnostic tool in assessing recurrent unexplained syncope in older patients.

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