Value of the tilt test in the management of unexplained syncope in children and adolescents;Interet du test d'inclinaison dans la prise en charge des syncopes inexpliquees de l'enfant et l'adolescent

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 679-686

  Kouakam, C ^a   Vaksmann, G ^b   Lacroix, D ^a   Godart, F ^b   Kacet, S ^a   Rey, C ^b  

^a Service de Cardiologie   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DISOPYRAMIDE; ISOPRENALINE; METOPROLOL; MIDODRINE; PINDOLOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TILTING; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; FOLLOW UP; HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; TILT TABLE TEST; VAGUS NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030985979     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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