Neurocardiogenic syncope

British Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 411-414

  Sutton, Richard ^a   Petersen, Mark ^b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID SINUS; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; VAGUS NERVE;

BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID SINUS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; SYNCOPE; VAGUS NERVE; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 0030567283     PISSN: 00071064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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