Syncope: Current diagnosis and treatment

Current Problems in Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 237-296

  Henderson, Mark C ^a   Prabhu, Sumanth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CIRCULATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ARRHYTHMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; SYNCOPE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0031136099     PISSN: 01462806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0146-2806(97)80008-4     Document Type: Article

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