Correlation of postural blood pressure test and head-up tilt table test in patients with vasovagal syncope

Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 380-385

  Aydin, Muhammet Ali ^a   Mortensen, Kai ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a   Schuchert, Andreas ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a   Ventura, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEART CENTER HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Diagnostics; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 34249061782     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099056     Document Type: Article

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