Vagal and sympathetic mechanisms in patients with orthostatic vasovagal syncope

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2509-2513

  Morillo, Carlos A ^a,b   Eckberg, Dwain L ^a,b   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^a,b   Beightol, Larry A ^a,b   Hoag, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Tahvanainen, Kari U O ^c   Kuusela, Tom A ^e   Diedrich, André M ^d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Sympathetic nerve activity; Vagal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYNCOPE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0030832123     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.8.2509     Document Type: Article

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