Unexplained Syncope: Diagnostic Evaluation in the Modern Era

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 100-106

  Manolis, Athanasios G ^a,b   Chatzis, Dimitrios G ^a  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diagnostic evaluation; Syncope

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; REVIEW; SYNCOPE;

EID: 1642345229     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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