Sympathetic and baroreceptor reflex function in neurally mediated syncope evoked by tilt

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2736-2744

  Mosqueda Garcia, Rogelio ^a,b   Furlan, Raffaello ^a   Fernandez Violante, Roxana ^a   Desai, Tushar ^a   Snell, Marie ^a   Jarai, Zoltan ^a   Ananthram, Vasu ^a   Robertson, Rose Marie ^a   Robertson, David ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Microneurography; Neurocardiogenic syncope; Tilt; Vasovagal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NEUROGRAPHY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0031000274     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119463     Document Type: Article

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