Swallow syncope, a case report and review of the literature

Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-79

  Omi, Wataru ^a   Murata, Yoshiharu ^a   Yaegashi, Takanori ^a   Inomata, Jun Ichiro ^a   Fujioka, Masahiko ^a   Muramoto, Shingo ^a  

^a Noto General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Permanent pacemaker implantation; Situational syncope; Swallow syncope

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOW SYNCOPE; SWAN GANZ CATHETER; SYNCOPE;

AGED; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 31944436857     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089543     Document Type: Article

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