Syncope associated with supraventricular tachycardia: An expression of tachycardia rate or vasomotor response?

Circulation

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 1064-1071

  Leitch, James W ^a   Klein, George J ^a,b   Yee, Raymond ^a   Leather, Richard A ^a   Kim, You Ho ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head up tilt; Syncope; Tachycardia, supraventricular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEAD TILTING; HEART CYCLE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY TACHYCARDIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPINE POSITION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISOPROTERENOL; POSTURE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0026594893     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.85.3.1064     Document Type: Article

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