Tilt-table testing in syncopal patients with sick sinus syndrome: A guide to pathophysiology and management?

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-120

  Gatzoulis, Kostas A ^a,b   Mamarelis, Loannis I ^a   Theopistou, Artemis M ^a   Sideris, Skevos K ^a   Avgeropoulou, Katerina ^a   Gialafos, John H ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos K ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Sick sinus syndrome; Syncope; Tilt table test

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS NODE; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

EID: 0032982495     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.1999.tb00049.x     Document Type: Article

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