International Study on Syncope of Uncertain Etiology 2: The management of patients with suspected or certain neurally mediated syncope after the initial evaluation rationale and study design

Europace

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 317-321

  Brignole, Michele ^a   Sutton, Richard ^a   Menozzi, Carlo ^a   Moya, Angel ^a   Garcia Civera, Roberto ^a   Benditt, David ^a   Vardas, Panos ^a   Wieling, Wouter ^a   Andresen, Dietrich ^a   Migliorini, Roberta ^a   Hollinworth, David ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrocardigraphic monitoring; Implantable loop recorder; Neurally mediated syncope; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; CATAPLEXY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROP ATTACK; EPILEPSY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTOXICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECORDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; STANDING; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; SYNCOPE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RATIONALIZATION; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 0043169350     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1099-5129(03)00048-5     Document Type: Article

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