Risk of vasovagal syncope and cardiac arrhythmias in children with mitral valve prolapse

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 395-398

  Cetinkaya, Merih ^a   Semizel, Evren ^b   Bostan, Ozlem ^b   Cil, Ergun ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Dept of Paediatric Cardiology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Children; Mitral valve prolapse; Tilt test; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; RISK; SYNCOPE; TELECARDIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TURKEY;

EID: 46449097822     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.63.3.1020318     Document Type: Article

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