Failure of propranolol to prevent tilt-evoked systemic vasodilatation, adrenaline release and neurocardiogenic syncope

Clinical Science

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-216

  Eldadah, Basil A ^a   Pechnik, Sandra L ^a   Holmes, Courtney S ^a   Moak, Jeffrey P ^b   Saleem, Ahmed M ^a   Goldstein, David S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blocker; Adrenaline; Neurally mediated hypotension; Tilt testing; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ADRENALIN RELEASE; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOCK; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASODILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPRANOLOL; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; TREATMENT FAILURE; VASODILATION;

EID: 33748474843     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20060017     Document Type: Article

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