Evaluation of a single stage nitroglycerin tilt table test for diagnosis of neurally mediated syncope

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1494-1499

  Zeng, Chunyu ^a,b   Liu, Guangyao ^a   Yang, Chengming ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Wang, Yieli ^a   He, Duofen ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurally mediated syncope; Nitroglycerin; Tilt table test

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; PROVOCATION TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

EID: 0034771394     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.01494.x     Document Type: Article

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