Value of Symptoms to Predict Tilt Testing Outcome in Patients with Clinical Suspicion of Vasovagal Syncope

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 579-583

  Vallejo, Maite ^a   Hermosillo, Antonio G ^a   Márquez, Manlio F ^a   Urquidez, Alma K ^a   Sotomayor, Arturo ^a   Salas, Elizabeth ^a   Cárdenas, Manuel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Head up tilt test; Questionnaire; Symptoms; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ISOSORBIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHORESIS; DYSESTHESIA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FINGER TREMOR; FUNCTION TEST; HEAD UP TILT TEST; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 34249891087     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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