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- Published on: 26 July 2010
- Published on: 26 July 2010the practical approach also requires recognition of cardiogenic vertigoShow More
Over and above the recommendation that clinicians should have a low threshold for lying and standing blood pressure measurements in the elderly, even when the history is not typical(1), mention must also be made of the role of cardiac investigations such as telemetry, so as to identify conduction defects as an underlying cause in patients who present with vertigo(2), even though this issue was not raised by the authors. Th...
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