Abnormalities of sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic function in subjects with defaecation syncope

Europace

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 192-198

  Allan, Louise ^a   Johns, Emma ^a   Doshi, Mira ^b   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a,c   Newton, Julia L ^a,c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic failure; Autonomic nervous system; Defaecation syncope; Parasympathetic; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; FLUDROCORTISONE; MIDODRINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RR INTERVAL; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 3242679914     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eupc.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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