Syncope: Is a diagnosis a diagnosis?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 791-794

  Benditt, David G ^a   Brignole, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BODY POSTURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0037420077     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02928-5     Document Type: Editorial

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