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Role of Early Symptoms in Assessment of Syncope in Elderly People: Results from the Italian Group for the Study of Syncope in the Elderly

Gianluigi Galizia, Pasquale Abete, Chiara Mussi, Gabriele Noro, Alessandro Morrione, Assunta Langellotto, Annalisa Landi, Francesco Cacciatore, Giulio Masotti, F. Rengo,

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2008 · 67 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

The data show that symptoms such as nausea, blurred vision, and sweating are predictive of noncardiac syncope, whereas only dyspnea is predictive of cardiac syncope in elderly people.

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