Neurally mediated syncope complicated with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

Pediatrics International

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 695-698

  Kato, Hitoshi ^a   Masutani, Satoshi ^a   Hoshiyama, Masaki ^a   Shibuya, Kazuhiko ^a   Isoda, Takayoshi ^a   Hishi, Toshio ^a   Murakawa, Yuji ^a   Yanagisawa, Masayoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Neurally mediated syncope; Tilt test; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; VAGUS NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0029912716     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1996.tb03735.x     Document Type: Article

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