Vasodepressor syncope: Diagnosis and management

Cardiology Clinics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-256

  Barbey, J T ^a  

^a Med Dent NE 403   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0030956848     PISSN: 07338651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8651(05)70333-7     Document Type: Article

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