Effect of syncope-related traumatic injuries on the diagnostic evaluation and syncope recurrence of patients with syncope and apparently normal hearts

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1101-1103

  Schuchert, Andreas ^a   Maas, Renke ^a   Mortensen, Kai ^a   Aydin, Muhammet Ali ^a   Kretzschmar, Christina ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD TILTING; HEART; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE;

EID: 17444378625     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.01.027     Document Type: Article

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