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Postprandial Hypotension in Elderly Patients with Unexplained Syncope Arch Int med 155:945-952, Jansen,R.,et al, 1995 See this aricle in Pubmed 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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