Schellong test in orthostatic dysregulation: A comparison with tilt-table testing

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 36-41

  Winker, Robert ^a   Prager, Walter ^a   Haider, Arthur ^a   Salameh, Bayda ^a   Rüdiger, Hugo W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Neurocardiogenic syncope; Orthostatic hypotension; Postural tachycardia syndrome; Schellong test; Tilt table test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NEUROCARDIOGENIC SYNCOPE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; SCHELLONG TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIZZINESS; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 17444365077     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-004-0288-5     Document Type: Article

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