Reproducibility of head-up tilt test in patients with syncope

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-220

  Ruiz, Graciela A ^a,b   Scaglione, Jorge ^a   González Zuelgaray, Jorge ^a   López, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE AGUDOS DR COSME ARGERICH   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN A FERNÁNDEZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

reproducibility; tilt testing; vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIKE WAVE; SYNCOPE; TILTING;

EID: 0029788786     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960190315     Document Type: Article

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