Predisposition to vasovagal syncope in subjects with blood/injury phobia

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 903-907

  Accurso, Valentina ^a   Winnicki, Mikolaj ^a   Shamsuzzaman, Abu S M ^a   Wenzel, Amy ^b   Johnson, Alan Kim ^c   Somers, Virend K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Nervous system; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0035928844     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc3301.094910     Document Type: Article

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