Association between vasovagal hypotension and low sympathetic neural activity during presyncope

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 483-486

  Cooke, William H ^b   Convertino, Victor A ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic regulation; Muscle sympathetic nerve activity; Orthostatic tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PERONEUS NERVE; STANDING; SYNCOPE;

NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERONEAL NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNCOPE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 12244278258     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-002-0057-3     Document Type: Article

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