Dual chamber pacing for neurally mediated syncope with a prominent cardioinhibitory component

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 999-1003

  Shah, Chetan P ^a   Thakur, Ranjan K ^a,b   Xie, Baiyan ^a   Pathak, Priti ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; BODY POSITION; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032790054     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00563.x     Document Type: Article

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