Prediction of vasovagal syncope from heart rate and blood pressure trend and variability: Experience in 1,155 patients

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1375-1382

  Virag, Nathalie ^a   Sutton, Richard ^b   Vetter, Rolf ^c   Markowitz, Toby ^d   Erickson, Mark ^d  

^a Medtronic Europe ^*  (Switzerland)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CSEM   (Switzerland)

^d MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Heart rate variability; Tilt test; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RR INTERVAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TILT TABLE TEST; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; SYSTOLE; TILT-TABLE TEST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35348859794     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.07.018     Document Type: Article

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