The yield of head-up tilt testing is not significantly increased by repeating the baseline test

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 494-496

  Pavri, Behzad B ^a,b   Ruskin, Jeremy N ^a   Brooks, Ross ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

syncope; tilt table testing

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0029790737     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960190610     Document Type: Article

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