Myocardial contractility and cardiac filling measured by impedance cardiography in patients with nitroglycerine-induced vasovagal syncope

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Mitro, Peter ^a,b   Hijová, Emília ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b Clinic of Internal Medicine III   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Hemodynamics; Impedance cardiography; Myocardial contractility; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PRELOAD; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PATIENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NITROGLYCERIN; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 33645120456     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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