Is the heart 'empty' at syncope?

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 83-92

  Novak, Vera ^a,b   Honos, George ^a   Schondorf, Ronald ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Echocardiography; Head up tilt; Heart rate; Impedance cardiography; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEAD TILTING; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0030603881     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(96)00040-9     Document Type: Article

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