Responses to the prolonged head-up tilt followed by sublingual nitrate provocation in asymptomatic older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 419-424

  Kumar, N Pradeep ^a   Youde, Jane H ^b   Ruse, Charlotte E ^b   Fotherby, Martin D ^b   Masud, Tahir ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neurocardiogenic; Nitrates; Provocation; Syncope; Vasovagal

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0033737831     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/29.5.419     Document Type: Article

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