Head-up tilt test in the evaluation of unexplained syncope: Are there any differences between children and adults?;El test de basculación en la evaluación del síncope de origen desconocido: ¿ existen diferencias entre niños y adultos?

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-195

  Tercedor, Luis ^a   Díaz, José Francisco ^a   Aguado, María José ^a   Moreno, Eduardo ^a   Molina, Eduarde ^a   Álvarez, Miguel ^a   Ramírez, José Antonio ^a   Pérez de la Cruz, José Miguel ^a   Azpitarte, José ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Pediatrics; Synoscope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 0039623191     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(99)74893-1     Document Type: Article

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