Prediction of head-up tilt test result: Is it possible?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-158

  Turk, Ugur ^a   Alioglu, Emin ^a   Kirilmaz, Bahadir ^b   Duygu, Hamza ^c   Tuzun, Nurullah ^a   Tengiz, Istemihan ^a   Zoghi, Mehdi ^d   Ercan, Ertugrul ^b  

^a Central Hospital Izmir   (Turkey)

^b ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Karsiyaka Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^d EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Vagal syndromes

Indexed keywords

GLYCERYL TRINITRATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BAROREFLEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST;

EID: 75849145760     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02605.x     Document Type: Article

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