Early predictive indexes of head-up tilt table testing outcomes utilizing heart rate and arterial pressure changes

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 903-906

  Bellard, Elisabeth ^a   Fortrat, Jacques Olivier ^b   Vielle, Bruno ^b   Dupuis, Jean Marc ^a   Victor, Jacques ^b   Lefthériotis, Georges ^a,c  

^a Angers Medical School   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Laboratory of Physiology   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0035887241     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01904-X     Document Type: Article

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