Tilt training: Does it have a role in preventing vasovagal syncope?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1499-1505

  Gurevitz, Osnat ^a   Barsheshet, Alon ^a   Bar Lev, David ^a   Zimlichman, Eyal ^b   Rosenfeld, Gail F ^a   Benderly, Michal ^c   Luria, David ^a   Amital, Howard ^b   Kreiss, Yitshak ^b   Eldar, Michael ^a   Glikson, Michael ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clinical; Noninvasive techniques head up tilt testing; Prevention; Syncope; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALT INTAKE; STANDING; SYNCOPE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36649015185     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00898.x     Document Type: Article

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