Early heart rate variations during head-up tilt table testing as a predictor of outcome of the test

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-31

  Alvarez, José Benito ^a   Asensio, Enrique ^a   Lozano, Jesús E ^a   Alvarez, Margarita ^a   Portos, José M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ESPAÑOL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Early; Heart rate; Predictor; Tilt table testing

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033983327     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2000.tb00646.x     Document Type: Article

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