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The influence of sex and age on response to head-up tilt-table testing in patients with recurrent syncope

Author(s) -

Andrew D. McGavigan

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/30.4.295

Subject(s) - medicine , syncope (phonology) , incidence (geometry) , vasovagal syncope , tilt table test , pediatrics , heart rate , blood pressure , physics , optics

Syncope is a common problem, accounting for 6% of hospital admissions. Often a diagnosis is not established. Head-up tilt testing is a diagnostic test for neuro-cardiogenic syncope, a condition which is often thought to affect younger women and be relatively rare in older people. We examined the effect of sex and age on response to head-up tilt testing in patients with unexplained syncope.

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