Treatment of malignant neurocardiogenic vasovagal syncape with a rate drop algorithm in dual chamber cardiac pacing

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1473-1475

  Abe, Haruhiko ^a   Iwami, Yasuyo ^a   Nagatomo, Toshihisa ^a   Miura, Yasushi ^a   Nakashima, Yasuhide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head up tilt; Malignant vasovagal syncope; Pacemaker; Rate drop response algorithm

Indexed keywords

DISOPYRAMIDE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; HEAD TILTING; HEART ARREST; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 0031878217     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00220.x     Document Type: Article

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