Clinical findings as predictors of positivity of head-up tilt table test in neurocardiogenic syncope

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-291

  Asensio, Enrique ^a,b   Oseguera, Jorge ^a   Loría, Alvar ^a   Gómez, María ^a   Narváez, René ^a   Dorantes, Joel ^a   Hernández, Pablo ^a   Orea, Arturo ^a   Rebollar, Verónica ^a   Ocaranza, Raymundo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Clinical predictors; Head up tilt table testing; Neurocardiogenic syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PALLOR; PARESTHESIA; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0041689554     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(03)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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