Diagnosing syncope: Part 1: Value of history, physical examination, and electrocardiography

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 989-996

  Linzer, Mark ^d   Yang, Eric H ^d   Estes III, N A Mark ^a   Wang, Paul ^a   Vorperian, Vicken R ^b   Kapoor, Wishwa N ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG USE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030919651     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-12-199706150-00012     Document Type: Article

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