Head-up tilt test: A nonspecific method of evaluating patients with bifascicular block

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 951-954

  Englund, Anders ^a   Fredrikson, Mia ^b   Rosenqvist, Mårten ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bundle branch block; syncope; tests

Indexed keywords

DISOPYRAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD TILTING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE; TELEMETRY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031055091     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.4.951     Document Type: Article

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