Cardiac pacing for severe childhood neurally mediated syncope with reflex anoxic seizures

Heart

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 721-725

  McLeod, K A ^a   Wilson, N ^a   Hewitt, J ^a   Norrie, J ^b   Stephenson, J B P ^c  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Pacing; Paediatric cardiology; Reflex anoxic seizures; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0032700027     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.82.6.721     Document Type: Article

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