Predictors of mortality, rehospitalization for syncope, and cardiac syncope in 352 consecutive elderly patients with syncope.

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Published in J Am Med Dir Assoc on January 14, 2013

Authors

Sahil Khera1, Chandrasekar Palaniswamy, Wilbert S Aronow, Sachin Sule, Jay V Doshi, Sreedhar Adapa, Nivas Balasubramaniyam, Chul Ahn, Stephen J Peterson, Christopher Nabors

Author Affiliations

1: New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA.

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