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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
Bradycardia is more common in older patients. | ===Incidence=== | ||
*One in 600 adults over the age of 65 has sinus node dysfunction.<ref name="urlSinus Bradycardia - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK493201/ |title=Sinus Bradycardia - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
===Prevalence=== | |||
*The frequency of sick sinus syndrome is unknown in the general population, while in cardiac patients it has been estimated to be 3 in 5000. | |||
===Age=== | |||
*Bradycardia is more common in older patients, over the age of 65 years. | |||
===Race=== | |||
*There is no racial predilection to bradycardia. | |||
===Gender=== | |||
*Bradycardia affects men and women equally. | |||
==References== | ==References== |
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: M.Umer Tariq [2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
- One in 600 adults over the age of 65 has sinus node dysfunction.[1]
Prevalence
- The frequency of sick sinus syndrome is unknown in the general population, while in cardiac patients it has been estimated to be 3 in 5000.
Age
- Bradycardia is more common in older patients, over the age of 65 years.
Race
- There is no racial predilection to bradycardia.
Gender
- Bradycardia affects men and women equally.