Why the study?
Does Holter electrocardiographic monitoring detect occult cardiac arrhythmias in elderly patients presenting with neurologic dysfunction and falls?
Population
16 elderly patients with occult cardiac arrhythmias presenting with signs of neurologic dysfunction and…
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Should not change practice for evaluating falls in the elderly; hypothesis-generating for Holter utility and requires prospective validation.
Does Holter electrocardiographic monitoring detect occult cardiac arrhythmias in elderly patients presenting with neurologic dysfunction and falls?
Holter monitoring is a valuable diagnostic tool for identifying occult cardiac arrhythmias in elderly patients presenting with unexplained falls or neurologic dysfunction.
Michael Gordon (1978) studied this question.
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