Effect of patient characteristics on the yield of prolonged baseline head-up tilt testing and the additional yield of drug provocation

Heart

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 406-411

  Fitzpatrick, A P ^a   Lee, R J ^b   Epstein, L M ^c   Lesh, M D ^b   Eisenberg, S ^b   Scheinman, M M ^b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug provocation; Head up tilt; Syncope

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM; ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0029829394     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.76.5.406     Document Type: Article

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