Causes and outcome of syncope

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 111, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 512-516

  Schillinger, Martin ^a,b   Müllner, Marcus ^a   Meron, Giora ^a   Laggner, Anton N ^a  

^a Allgemeines Krankhs U   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Incidence; Loss of consciousness; Mortality; Predictor of outcome; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0344848634     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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