Heart rate variability and head-up tilt testing in patients with syncope of undetermined etiology

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 841-852

  Takase, Bonpei ^a,b   Bjerregaard, Preben ^a   Greenwalt, Terry ^a   Kotar, Susan ^a   Janosik, Denise ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head up tilt testing; Heart rate variability; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART AUTOMATICITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSOR RESPONSE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0029848369     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.60.841     Document Type: Article

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