Predictive models of syncope causes in an outpatient clinic

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-256

  Graf, D ^a   Schlaepfer, J ^a   Gollut, E ^a   van Melle, G ^b   Mischler, C ^a   Fromer, M ^a   Kappenberger, L ^a   Pruvot, E ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Diagnostic yield; Syncope; Syncope unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BLURRED VISION; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIAPHORESIS; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEADACHE; HEART DISEASE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOTENSION; IMPLANTATION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MODEL; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; P WAVE; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; RHYTHM; SCREENING; SEIZURE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; VASODILATATION; VERTIGO; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNCOPE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 37348999886     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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