Unexplained syncope - Is screening for carotid sinus hypersensitivity indicated in all patients aged >40 years?

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1267-1270

  Humm, A M ^a   Mathias, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID SINUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 33750472982     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.093518     Document Type: Article

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