Evaluation of sinus and atrioventricular nodes function in patients with vasovagal syncope

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Pietrucha, Artur Z ^a,b   Wnuk, Mateusz ^a   Wojewódka Zak, Ewa ^a   Wȩgrzynowska, Marta ^a   Mroczek Czernecka, Danuta ^a   Bzukała, Irena ^a   Konduracka, Ewa ^a   Piwowarska, Wiesława ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im Jana Pawła II   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular conduction; Head up tilt test; Sinus node function; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASYSTOLE; CAROTID SINUS; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SINUS NODE; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SINUS NODE RECOVERY TIME; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINOATRIAL NODE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60849122229     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.02275.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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