Oesophageal syncope

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 249-253

  Basker, M R ^a   Cooper, D K C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysrhythmia; Oesophagus; Swallowing; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; REVIEW; SWALLOWING; SYNCOPE;

DEGLUTITION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 0033944105     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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