Postural sway in patients with syncope and poor orthostatic tolerance

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1688-1689

  Claydon, Victoria E ^a   Hainsworth, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; POSTURE; REFLEX; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 33750356534     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2005.083907     Document Type: Article

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