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. 2019 Jun 6;112(5):649-705.
doi: 10.5935/abc.20190086.

Updated Geriatric Cardiology Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology - 2019

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Gilson Soares Feitosa-Filho  1 , José Maria Peixoto  2 , José Elias Soares Pinheiro  3 , Abrahão Afiune Neto  4   5 , Afonso Luiz Tavares de Albuquerque  6 , Álvaro César Cattani  7 , Amit Nussbacher  8 , Ana Amelia Camarano  9 , Angela Hermínia Sichinels  10 , Antonio Carlos Sobral Sousa  11   12 , Aristóteles Comte de Alencar Filho  13 , Claudia F Gravina  14 , Dario Celestino Sobral Filho  6   15 , Eduardo Pitthan  16 , Elisa Franco de Assis Costa  3   4 , Elizabeth da Rosa Duarte  17 , Elizabete Viana de Freitas  18 , Emilio Hideyuki Moriguchi  19 , Evandro Tinoco Mesquita  20 , Fábio Fernandes  21   22 , Felipe Costa Fuchs  19 , Gilson Soares Feitosa  1 , Humberto Pierre  23 , Ilnei Pereira Filho  24 , Izo Helber  23 , Jairo Lins Borges  23 , Jéssica Myrian de Amorim Garcia  25 , José Antonio Gordillo de Souza  26 , José Carlos da Costa Zanon  27 , Josmar de Castro Alves  28 , Kalil Lays Mohallem  29 , Laura Mariana de Siqueira Mendonça Chaves  25 , Lídia Ana Zytynski Moura  30 , Márcia Cristina Amélia da Silva  6   15 , Maria Alice de Vilhena Toledo  31 , Maria Elisa Lucena Sales de Melo Assunção  6   15 , Mauricio Wajngarten  32 , Mauro José Oliveira Gonçalves  33 , Neuza Helena Moreira Lopes  21 , Nezilour Lobato Rodrigues  34 , Paulo Roberto Pereira Toscano  35 , Pedro Rousseff  36 , Ricardo Antonio Rosado Maia  37 , Roberto Alexandre Franken  38 , Roberto Dischinger Miranda  23 , Roberto Gamarski  39 , Ronaldo Fernandes Rosa  38 , Silvio Carlos de Moraes Santos  40 , Siulmara Cristina Galera  41 , Stela Maris da Silva Grespan  23 , Teresa Cristina Rogerio da Silva  1 , William Antonio de Magalhães Esteves  42   43   44
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Updated Geriatric Cardiology Guidelines of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology - 2019

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Gilson Soares Feitosa-Filho et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Arq Bras Cardiol. 2021 Aug;117(2):423. doi: 10.36660/abc.20210642. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2021. PMID: 34495245 Free PMC article. English, Portuguese.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Diagnostic flowchart. HF: heart failure; HFpEF: heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HFrEF: heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Flowchart for investigating syncope in elderly patients. SFS: San Francisco Syncope Rules.
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