When water hurts

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Casella, Francesco ^a,b   Diana, Alessandro ^a   Bulgheroni, Mara ^a   Solbiati, Monica ^a   Ceriani, Elisa ^a   Pentimalli, Francesco ^a   Sagone, Antonio ^a   Montano, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b BOLOGNINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asystole; Esophageal dysmotility; Syncope; Vaso vagal reflex

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; METOPROLOL; WATER;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASYSTOLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BARIUM MEAL; BEVERAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DEGLUTITION SYNCOPE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INGESTION; MALE; RECORDER; REFLEX; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SWALLOWING; SYNCOPE;

AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SYNCOPE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70350223828     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02521.x     Document Type: Article

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