Evaluation of syncope: An overview

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-22

  Gupta, Anoop Kumar ^a,b   Maheshwari, Alok ^a   Lokhandwala, Yash ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Thoracic and Cardiovascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOPRENALINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITRATE;

AGE; ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; HEAD TILTING; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 3242727533     PISSN: 09726292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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