Usefulness of clinical factors in predicting outcomes of passive tilt tests in patients with syncope

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 360-364

  Sheldon, Robert ^a   Sexton, Eve ^a   Koshman, Mary Lou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0033955189     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00747-X     Document Type: Article

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