Cerebral syncope: Insights from valsalva maneuver

European Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 98-102

  Chuang, Yu Ming ^a,b,c   Hu, Han Haw ^b,c   Pan, Po Jung ^b  

^a KEELUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Cerebral syncope; Head up tilt test; Transcranial Doppler; Valsalva maneuver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEAD UP TILT TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL ARTERY; SYNCOPE; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RADIAL ARTERY; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 27544462033     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088644     Document Type: Article

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