Effectiveness of Physical Counterpressure Maneuvers in Preventing Vasovagal Syncope. The Physical Counterpressure Manoeuvres Trial (PC-Trial)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1652-1657

  van Dijk, Nynke ^a   Quartieri, Fabio ^b   Blanc, Jean Jaques ^c   Garcia Civera, Roberto ^d   Brignole, Michele ^e   Moya, Angel ^f   Wieling, Wouter ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL COUNTERPRESSURE MANEUVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURVIVAL; SYNCOPE; THERAPY;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; HAND; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRESSURE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749518856     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.06.059     Document Type: Article

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