Tilt training increases the vasoconstrictor reserve in patients with neurally mediated syncope evoked by head-up tilt testing

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1523-1530

  Verheyden, Bart ^a   Ector, Hugo ^a   Aubert, Andre E ^a   Reybrouck, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Neurally mediated syncope; Tilt training; Vasoconstrictor reserve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD TILTING; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NEURALLY MEDIATED SYNCOPE; ORTHOSTATIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ORTHOSTATIC STRESS; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDING; SYNCOPE; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TILT TABLE TEST; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 45849130863     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehn134     Document Type: Article

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