Effect of carotid sinus massage and tilt-table testing in a normal, healthy older population (The Healthy Ageing Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1015-1017

  McGlinchey, Paul G ^a   Armstrong, Lynne ^b   Spence, Mark S ^a   Roberts, Michael J D ^a   McKeown, Pascal P ^a,c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TILT TABLE TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAROTID SINUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0036828664     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02691-7     Document Type: Article

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