title: [Syncope in older patients : Who needs what and when?]
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik III Kardiologie, Intensivmedizin, Angiologie, St. Vincentius-Kliniken Karlsruhe gAG, Südendstraße 32, 76137, Karlsruhe, Deutschland. bernd-dieter.gonska@vincentius-ka.de.
authors.forename: B-D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Gonska
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018780:Body Surface Potential Mapping / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006334:Heart Function Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control
keywords: Cardiovascular diseases; Degenerative diseases; Elderly; Hypoperfusion; Syncope