SIR-Syncope is experienced by almost half the population during a lifetime [1, 2] and accounts for significant morbidity [3-5]. The overall incidence in community-dwelling older people is reported as 6.2 per 1,000 person years, rising to 16.9 and 19.5 per 1,000 person years in men and women aged >80 years, respectively [6].Recent studies on syncope in older patients have fo-cussed on evidence-based approaches to syncope management within existing geriatric medicine departments [7], with only 10.4% of cases remaining unexplained. Others have described the needs for, and benefits of, rapid access syncope clinics [8, 9].
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