Cerebrovascular blood flow during the near syncopal phase of head-up tilt test: A comparative study in different types of neurally mediated syncope

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 199-203

  Hermosillo, Antonio G ^a   Jordan, José Luis ^a   Vallejo, Maite ^a   Kostine, Andrei ^a   Márquez, Manlio F ^a   Cárdenas, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Postural orthostatic tachycardia; Tilt testing; Transcranial Doppler; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ISOSORBIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HEAD TILTING; HEMODYNAMICS; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; WAVEFORM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYPOTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; ISOSORBIDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TACHYCARDIA; TILT-TABLE TEST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 33646591024     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul001     Document Type: Article

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