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Clinical aspects and diagnostic relevance of neuroautonomic evaluation in patients with unexplained falls

Authors :
Andrea Ungar
Francesca Tesi
Niccolò Marchionni
V. M. Chisciotti
Alessandro Morrione
Martina Rafanelli
Alice Ceccofiglio
M. A. Brunetti
E. Ruffolo
Source :
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 26:33-37
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2013.

Abstract

To evaluate the diagnostic relevance of neuroautonomic evaluation in patients with unexplained falls compared to those with a syncope etiologically unexplained after initial evaluation. It is an observational study, comparing 298 patients with unexplained fall with 989 patients with unexplained syncope. Each patient underwent supine and upright blood pressure measurement, tilt testing (TT) and carotid sinus massage (CSM). Patients with unexplained falls were older (75.3 ± 11.1 vs. 63.2 ± 19.2 years, p

Details

ISSN :
17208319
Volume :
26
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....d3d3d7a3f0a35ddeeac1cdf5fae760f8
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-013-0124-8