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Postprandial Hypotension in Elderly Patients with Unexplained Syncope
Arch Int med 155:945-952, Jansen,R.,et al, 1995
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Article Abstract
Postprandial hypotension may be an important causative factor in elderly patients with unexplained syncope.The evaluation of syncope in elderly patients should therefore include blood pressure measurements surrounding a meal.Elderly patients with syncope who have postprandial hypotension fail to maintain systemic vascular resistance,probably because of splanchnic blood pooling without a compensatory increase in peripheral vascular resistance.
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