Water drinking as a potential treatment for idiopathic exercise-related syncope: A case report

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-105

  Thijs, Roland D ^a   Reijntjes, Robert H A M ^a   Van Dijk, J Gert ^a  

^a Dept of Neurol/Clin Neurophysiol ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise; Syncope; Treatment; Water

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; DOPAMINE; DRINKING WATER; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE; FALLING; FLUID INTAKE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; VASOCONSTRICTION; VERTIGO; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SYNCOPE; WATER;

EID: 0038353625     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-003-0083-9     Document Type: Article

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