A treatment for neurally mediated syncope? (Don't) hold your breath

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-267

  Freeman, Roy ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DISOPYRAMIDE; FLUDROCORTISONE; THEOPHYLLINE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BLURRED VISION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIAPHORESIS; DIZZINESS; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEARING DISORDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOCAPNIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PAIN; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST; VASODILATATION; WEAKNESS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 41849116002     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21368     Document Type: Editorial

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