Haemodynamic response to peripheral venous congestion in patients with unexplained recurrent syncope

Clinical Science

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-337

  Bellard, Elisabeth ^a   Fortrat, Jacques Olivier ^a   Dupuis, Jean Marc ^b   Victor, Jacques ^b   Lefthériotis, Georges ^a  

^a Universite d'Angers   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Thigh cuffs; Vasovagal syncope; Venous return

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; VENOUS STASIS;

ADULT; BANDAGES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0041875044     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20030061     Document Type: Article

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