Syncope - Getting to the heart of the matter

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 931-933

  Maisel, William H ^a   Stevenson, William G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONSULTATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONEY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETICULAR FORMATION; RISK FACTOR; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0037136540     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe020102     Document Type: Editorial

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