Symptomatic hypervagotonia in a highly conditioned athlete

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-71

  Nasir, Javed M ^a,b   Durning, Steven J ^a,b   Johnson, Roy L ^a,c   Haigney, Mark C ^a,b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Athlete; Hypervagotonia; Syncope; Theophylline

Indexed keywords

THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CASE REPORT; CYCLING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERVAGOTONIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS NODE; SYNCOPE;

ACCELERATED IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPORTS; SYNCOPE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33847117324     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3180305ee2     Document Type: Article

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