Orthostatic syndromes differ in syncope frequency

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-249

  Ojha, Ajitesh ^a   McNeeley, Kevin ^a   Heller, Elizabeth ^a   Alshekhlee, Amer ^a   Chelimsky, Gisela ^b   Chelimsky, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysautonomias; Orthostatic hypotension; Postural tachycardia syndrome; Syncope; Tilt table test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TILT TABLE TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950476334     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2009.09.018     Document Type: Article

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