Assessment of left ventricular volume by an ambulatory radionuclide monitoring system during head-up tilt in patients with unexplained syncope: Relation to autonomic activity assessed by heart rate variability

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 660-668

  Hosaka, Haruhiko ^a   Takase, Bonpei ^a   Kitamura, Katuhiro ^b   Uehata, Akimi ^b   Satomura, Kimio ^a   Isojima, Kazushige ^b   Kosuda, Shigeru ^a   Kusano, Shoichi ^a   Kurita, Akira ^a   Ohsuzu, Fumitaka ^a  

^a Japan Self Defense Force Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory radionuclide monitoring; Head up tilt test; Heart rate variability; Syncope

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 18044369641     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mnc.2001.116496     Document Type: Article

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