Sinus arrest as a result of rivastigmine in an elderly dementia with Lewy bodies patient.

Geriatr Gerontol Int

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan; Department of Cardiology, Nagasaki Rosai Hospital, Sasebo, Japan.

Published: February 2015

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