Predictors of response to the head-up tilt test in patients with unexplained syncope or presyncope

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 846-851

  Kazemi, Babak ^a   Haghjoo, Majid ^b   Arya, Arash ^c   Sadr Ameli, Mohammad Ali ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Baseline rhythm; Head up tilt test; Neurocardiogenic syncope; Predictor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DEPRESSOR RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD TILTING; HEART DISEASE; HEART RHYTHM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRESYNCOPE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 33747089877     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00450.x     Document Type: Article

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