Determining the optimal pacing intervention rate for vasovagal syncope

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 585-589

  Kurbaan, Arvinder S ^a   Franzén, Ann Christine ^b   Stack, Zara ^b   Heaven, David ^b   Mathur, Gita ^b   Sutton, Richard ^b  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Pacing; Tilt testing; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034515466     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026509430078     Document Type: Article

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