Syncope induced by tobacco smoking in the head-up position

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1001-1003

  Inoue, N ^a   Ohkusa, T ^a   Nitta, T ^a   Harada, M ^a   Murata, K ^a   Matsuzaki, M ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epinephrine; Neurally mediated syncope; Norepinephrine; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; MALE; SMOKING; SYNCOPE; BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; EPINEPHRINE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; POSTURE; SMOKING; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0034757395     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.65.1001     Document Type: Article

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