The effects of gender and test protocol on the results of head-up tilt test in patients with vasovagal syncope

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1029-1034

  Pietrucha, Artur ^a   Wojewódka Zak, Ewa ^a   Wnuk, Mateusz ^a   Wȩgrzynowska, Marta ^a   Bzukała, Irena ^a   Nessler, Jadwiga ^a   Mroczek Czernecka, Danuta ^a   Piwowarska, Wiesława ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gender; Protocol; Tilt testing; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISOPRENALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD TILTING; HEAD UP TILT TESTING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROVOCATION TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE; VAGUS REFLEX;

EID: 72449167442     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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