Contrasting neurovascular findings in chronic orthostatic intolerance and neurocardiogenic syncope

Clinical Science

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 329-340

  Stewart, Julian M ^a   Weldon, Amy ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fainting; Orthostatic intolerance; Syncope; Vasoconstriction; Venous resistance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BREATHING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSTURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATION; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; TILT-TABLE TEST; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0037391175     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20020193     Document Type: Article

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