Carotid sinus "irritability" rather than hypersensitivity: A new name for an old syndrome?

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-113

  Cole, Christopher R ^a,b,c   Zuckerman, Julie ^a   Levine, Benjamin D ^a,b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreceptors; Carotid arteries; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID SINUS; CAROTID SINUS HYPERSENSITIVITY; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VAGUS TONE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0034761588     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02322054     Document Type: Article

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