Tilt-induced pseudosyncope

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 373-375

  Luzza, F ^a   Pugliatti, P ^a   Di Rosa, S ^a   Calabro D ^a   Carerj, S ^a   Oreto, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0038081376     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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