The influence of sex and age on response to head-up tilt-table testing in patients with recurrent syncope

Age and Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 295-298

  McGavigan, Andrew D ^a   Hood, Stuart ^b  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neuro cardiogenic syncope; Tilt table; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNCOPE; TIME; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0034851068     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/30.4.295     Document Type: Article

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