Head-up tilt test in healthy, asymptomatic subjects;Tilt test en sujetos sanos asintomáticos

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1187-1191

  Radrigán V, Francisco ^a   Dumas R, Eduardo ^a   Chamorro S, Gastón ^a   Casanegra P, Pablo ^a   Jalil M, Jorge ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Neurocardiogenic Syncope; Tilt Tests

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0030252417     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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