Tilt training: A new treatment for recurrent neurocardiogenic syncope and severe orthostatic intolerance

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1 II, 1998, Pages 193-196

  Ector, Hugo ^a   Reybrouck, Tony ^a   Heidbüchel, Hein ^a   Gewillig, Marc ^a   Van De Werf, Frans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Orthostatic intolerance; Syncope; Tilt table; Tilt training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; POSTURE; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031930590     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01087.x     Document Type: Article

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