Permanent pacemaker utilization in older patients with syncope and carotid sinus syndrome

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Oct 20;176(3):1137-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.287. Epub 2014 Aug 13.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States. Electronic address: sahil_khera@nymc.edu.
² Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California at Los Angeles, CA, United States.

PMID: 25156837
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.07.287

No abstract available

Keywords: Carotid sinus syndrome; Permanent pacemaker; Syncope.

Publication types

Letter
Observational Study

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Female
Humans
Male
Pacemaker, Artificial / statistics & numerical data*
Retrospective Studies
Syncope / diagnosis*
Syncope / therapy*