Vasodilation in Vasovagal Syncope and the Effect of Water Ingestion

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1060-1063

  Flevari, Panayota ^a   Fountoulaki, Katerina ^a   Leftheriotis, Dionyssios ^a   Komporozos, Christophoros ^a   Lekakis, John ^a   Kremastinos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DRINKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; VASODILATION;

EID: 54549088966     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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