Age and hemodynamic responses to tilt testing in those with syncope of unknown origin

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1004-1007

  Kurbaan, Arvinder S ^a   Bowker, Timothy J ^b   Wijesekera, Nevin ^b   Franzén, Ann Christine ^c   Heaven, David ^c   Itty, Sujani ^c   Sutton, Richard ^c  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONOTROPISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

EID: 0037454145     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02967-4     Document Type: Article

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