Outcomes of permanent pacemaker implantation for carotid sinus hypersensitivity in a district general hospital with a falls fits faints and funny turns clinic

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 128-131

  Karunaratne, P M ^a   Broadhurst, P A ^a   Norris, C A ^a  

^a BORDERS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid sinus hypersensitivity; District general hospital; Dizziness and falls; Pacemaker; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TILT TABLE TEST;

EID: 12244302221     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693300204700603     Document Type: Article

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