title: [Importance of atrial rhythm disease in geriatrics].
abstract: 13 patients aged between 69 and 85 suffering from atrial rhythm disease were examined. Special attention was paid to the relationships between this syndrome and acute cerebral vascular pathology. The series shows the high frequency in arrhythmic atrial disease of episodes of incipient loss of consciousness or authentic syncopal phenomena. Fully 11 patients were subjected.....ed to definitive endocardial stimulation owing to the intensity of the symptomatology. On the basis of these observations, stress is laid on the importance of atrial rhythm disease as a cause of acute cerebral ischaemia in the elderly subject
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014474:Unconsciousness / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Importanza della malattia del ritmo atriale in geriatria