Assessment of a newly recognized association: Carotid sinus hypersensitivity and denervation of sternocleidomastoid muscles

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2548-2551

  Blanc, Jean Jacques ^a,b   L'Heveder, Gildas ^a   Mansourati, Jacques ^a   Tea, Say Hak ^a   Guillo, Philippe ^a   Mabin, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

carotid arteries; muscles; nervous system, autonomic; syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID SINUS; CAROTID SINUS DENERVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACEMAKER; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE DENERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0030921961     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.11.2548     Document Type: Article

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