Specificity of head-up tilt testing in adolescents: Effect of various degrees of tilt challenge in normal control subjects

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1057-1060

  Lewis, David A ^a   Zlotocha, Jane ^a   Henke, Laura ^a   Dhala, Anwer ^a,b,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electrophysiology Group   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAROTID SINUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0030820473     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00255-6     Document Type: Article

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