Vasovagal syncope and Darwinian fitness

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-129

  Diehl, Rolf R ^a  

^a Krupp Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolutionary theory; Hemorrhage; Hemostasis; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VOLUME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNCOPE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VEIN DILATATION;

EMOTIONS; EVOLUTION; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; SYNCOPE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 17844371370     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-005-0244-0     Document Type: Review

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