Quality of life in patients with vasovagal syncope. Clinical parameters influence;Calidad de vida en los pacientes con síncope vasovagal. Influencia de parámetros clínicos

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 245-249

  Barón Esquivias, Gonzalo ^a   Cayuela, Aurelio ^a   Gómez, Silvia ^a   Aguilera, Almudena ^a   Campos, Ana ^a   Fernández, Mónica ^a   Cabezón, Soledad ^a   Morán, Juan E ^a   Valle, Juan I ^a   Martínez, Angel ^a   Pedrote, Alonso ^a   Errázquin, Francisco ^a   Burgos, José ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD TILTING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0141781186     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13050436     Document Type: Article

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