Vasodepressor syncope and the diagnostic accuracy of the head-up tilt test with sublingual glyceryl trinitrate

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 453-455

  Athanasos, Peter ^a,b   Sydenham, Daniel ^a   Latte, Jenny ^a   Faunt, Jeffrey ^a,b   Tonkin, Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nitroglycerin diagnostic use; Syncope aetiology; Tilt table test methods

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSOR RESPONSE; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SYNCOPE;

EID: 1642503696     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-003-0112-8     Document Type: Article

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