Psychiatric profile, quality of life and risk of syncopal recurrence in patients with tilt-induced vasovagal syncope

Europace

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 465-471

  Giada, Franco ^a   Silvestri, Isabella ^a   Rossillo, Antonio ^a   Nicotera, Pier Giorgio ^a   Manzillo, Giovanni Foglia ^b   Raviele, Antonio ^a  

^a Umberto I Hospital   (Italy)

^b VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Psychiatric disorders; Quality of life; Tilt testing; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD TILTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MOOD DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIC DELUSION; STUDENT T TEST; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 23744466846     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2005.05.008     Document Type: Article

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