Occult cardiac arrhythmias associated with falls and dizziness in the elderly: detection by Holter monitoring.
Sixteen elderly patients with occult cardiac arrhythmias presented with signs of neurologic dysfunction that often had led to traumatic falls. Holter electrocardiographic monitoring was a valuable tool in defining the arrhythmia for which specific treatment was successful.
D000059:Accidents; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D014717:Vertigo / Q000209:etiology*