Exercise-related syncope: Are athletes different from sedentary subjects?

European Heart Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1080-1082

  Brignole, M ^a   Puggioni, E ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRADYCARDIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SITTING; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TILT TABLE TEST; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

EXERCISE; EXERTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPORTS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0036630016     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2001.3123     Document Type: Editorial

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