Variable cerebral dysfunction during tilt induced vasovagal syncope

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 II, 1998, Pages 2420-2425

  Ammirati, Fabrizio ^a,b   Colivicchi, Furio ^a   Di Battista, Giancarlo ^a   Garelli, Fausto Fiume ^a   Pandozi, Claudio ^a   Santini, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Syncope; Tilt testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0031756368     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01194.x     Document Type: Article

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