Orthostatic hypotension: Framework of the syndrome

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 983, 2007, Pages 568-574

  Naschitz, Jochanan E ^a,b   Rosner, Itzhak ^b  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; REVIEW; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS; SYNDROME;

EID: 34548746892     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.058198     Document Type: Review

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