A patient with syncope, only 'vagally' related to the heart

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Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1801-1803

  Eldadah, Zayd A ^a   Najjar, Samer S ^a   Ziegelstein, Roy C ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Syncope; Vasodepressor reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0034044920     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.6.1801     Document Type: Article

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