'The Italian Protocol': A simplified head-up tilt testing potentiated with oral nitroglycerin to assess patients with unexplained syncope

Europace

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 339-342

  Bartoletti, A ^a   Alboni, P ^b   Ammirati, F ^c   Brignole, M ^d   Del Rosso, A ^e   Foglia Manzillo, G ^f   Menozzi, C ^g   Raviele, A ^h   Sutton, R ⁱ  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^c SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^e Ospedale San Pietro Igneo   (Italy)

^f VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h Ospedale Civile Umberto I   (Italy)

ⁱ ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nitrates; Syncope; Tilt testing

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGLYCERIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034304803     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.2000.0125     Document Type: Article

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