Abstract

Elderly patients may have several cardiological diseases simultaneously responsible for the appearance of one specific symptom. In article we described the case of an 84-year-old man who was diagnosed during one hospitalization with a number of cardiovascular diseases that could cause syncope: symptomatic bradycardia, atrioventricular-nodal reentrant tachycardia, and orthostatic hypotension. Periodically high blood pressure values also occurred. Effective treatment was given to all these diseases, with symptoms resolving. The article discusses the management of these clinical situations, paying particular attention to elderly patients.

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