Cerebral blood flow velocity during tilt table test for pediatric syncope

Pediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 2 I, 1999, Pages 237-242

  Rodriguez, Rosendo A ^a   Snider, Kimberly ^a   Cornel, Garry ^a   Teixeira, Otto H P ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral circulation; Children; Syncope; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032781537     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.104.2.237     Document Type: Article

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