The mechanism of neurally mediated syncope assessed by an ambulatory radionuclide monitoring system and heart rate variability indices during head-up tilt

Kakuigaku

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 501-509

  Hosaka, Haruhiko ^a   Takase, Bonpei ^a   Kurita, Akira ^a   Ohsuzu, Fumitaka ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory radionuclide monitoring; Head up tilt test; Heart rate variability; Syncope

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0036952355     PISSN: 00227854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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