Autonomic nervous system activity during tilt testing in syncopal patients, estimated by power spectral analysis of heart rate variability

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 1332-1341

  Kochiadakis, George E ^a   Orfanakis, Alexandros ^a   Chryssostomakis, Stavros I ^a   Manios, Emmanuil G ^a   Kounali, Daphne K ^a   Vardas, Panos E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

heart rate variability; syncope; tilting test; vasovagal syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0030923013     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb06788.x     Document Type: Article

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