Tilt testing: Is it necessary in all patients with suspected vaso-vagal syncope?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 968-974

  Kulakowski, Piotr ^a   Piotrowska, Dorota ^a   Konofolska, Agnieszka ^a  

^a GROCHOWSKI HOSPITAL   (Poland)

Author keywords

Medical history; Tilt testing; Vaso vagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 33644687588     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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