Electrocardiographic characteristics of atrioventricular block induced by tilt testing

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-230

  Zyśko, Dorota ^a   Gajek, Jacek ^a   Koźluk, Edward ^b   Mazurek, Walentyna ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Tilt testing; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; P WAVE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QRS COMPLEX; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59449104498     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun299     Document Type: Article

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