Baroreflex sensitivity in patients with vasovagal syncope

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 395-400

  Thomson, Helen L ^a   Wright, Karen ^a   Frenneaux, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

baroreceptors; syncope; vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DISOPYRAMIDE; ISOPRENALINE; METOPROLOL; PHENYLEPHRINE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SYNCOPE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031026875     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.2.395     Document Type: Article

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