Neurally mediated syncope

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-210

  Kenny, Rose Anne ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLUDROCORTISONE; FLUOXETINE; METHYLDOPA; MIDODRINE; SCOPOLAMINE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SERTRALINE; VERAPAMIL;

AGED; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID SINUS; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MASSAGE; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VAGUS REFLEX; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TILT TABLE TEST;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID SINUS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; HUMANS;

EID: 0036293056     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0690(02)00005-8     Document Type: Review

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