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Syncope in elderly patients. Why their risk is higher
1Division of Internal Medicine, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 48073.
Postgraduate Medicine
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The elderly are at increased risk for syncope not only because of physiologic changes due to aging but also because they have a higher incidence of chronic illness and use a greater number of medications that may cause orthostatic hypotension. Although evaluation should emphasize cardiovascular and neurologic components, the cause may remain elusive in as many as 50% of patients.