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Synkope beim älteren Patienten

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Syncope in older patients

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Wesentlichster Bestandteil der Synkopendiagnostik ist die Anamnese. Kardial bedingte Synkopen haben eine erhöhte Mortalität. Die diagnostischen Verfahren haben die Aufgabe, diese Ursachen nachzuweisen oder auszuschließen.

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The aim of diagnostic procedures in the context of syncope is the exclusion of cardiac diseases. Cardiac diseases as the cause of syncope have a high influence on the rate of mortality.

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  1. Medizinische Klinik III Kardiologie, Intensivmedizin, Angiologie, St. Vincentius-Kliniken Karlsruhe gAG, Südendstraße 32, 76137, Karlsruhe, Deutschland

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Gonska, B. Synkope beim älteren Patienten. Herzschr Elektrophys 28, 16–19 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00399-017-0488-0

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