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Can Echocardiographic Findings Predict Falls in Older Persons?
BACKGROUND: The European and American guidelines state the need for echocardiography in patients with syncope. 50% of older adults with syncope present with a fall. Nonetheless, up to now no data have been published addressing echocardiographic abnormalities in older fallers. METHOD AND FINDINGS: In...
Autores principales: | van der Velde, Nathalie, Stricker, Bruno H. Ch., Roelandt, Jos R. T. C., Ten Cate, Folkert J., van der Cammen, Tischa J. M. |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1920553/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17653281 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000654 |
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