Post-exercise cardiac asystole in persons without underlying heart disease: Management and follow-up of three cases

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 855-858

  Karadag, Bilgehan ^a   Aliyev, Farid ^a   Duman, Dursun ^b   Ongen, Zeki ^a   Vural, Vural A ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asystole; Exercise; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; ATHLETE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC ASYSTOLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TILT TABLE TEST; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 34748883195     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3280112b4e     Document Type: Article

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