Biochemical changes involved in the mechanism of vasovagal syncope

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 376-381

  Theopistou, Artemisia ^a,b   Gatzoulis, Kostas ^a   Economou, Emmanuel ^a   Sideris, Skevos ^a   Hantzos, Kostas ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTACYCLIN; THROMBOXANE A2; VASOPRESSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; VASODILATATION; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPOPROSTENOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; THROMBOXANE A2; TILT-TABLE TEST; VASODILATION; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0035880612     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01682-4     Document Type: Article

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