Triggering mechanism for neurally mediated syncope induced by head-up tilt test: Role of catecholamines and response to propranolol

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 350-357

  Kikushima, Shuji ^a   Kobayashi, Youichi ^a   Nakagawa, Haruyuki ^a   Katagiri, Takashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; CATECHOLAMINES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROPRANOLOL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0033081474     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00567-1     Document Type: Article

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