Comparison of incidence, predictors, and the impact of co-morbidity and polypharmacy on the risk of recurrent syncope in patients <85 versus =85 years of age.
Department of Cardiology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark; Division of Cardiology, Heart Research Follow-up Program, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York. Electronic address: mruwald@hotmail.com.
Recurrent syncope is a major cause of hospitalizations and may be associated with cardiovascular co-morbidities. Despite this, prognostic factors and the clinical characteristics among patients are not well described. Therefore, we identified and analyzed data on all patients >50 years of age discharged after a first-time episode of syncope in the period 2001 to 2009 through nationwide administrative registries. We identified the clinical characteristics of 5,141 patients =85 years of age and 23,454 patients