Different cerebral hemodynamic responses between sexes and various vessels in orthostatic stress tests

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1299-1304

  Wang, Yuh Jen ^a,d   Chao, A Ching ^b,c   Chung, Chih Ping ^d   Huang, Ying Ju ^d   Hu, Han Hwa ^d  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Cerebral blood flow; Head up tilt table test; Syncope; Transcranial doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; FLOW VELOCITY; HEMODYNAMICS;

AUTOREGULATIONS; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; HEAD-UP TILTS; SYNCOPE; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASOUND;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 77956019830     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2010.29.9.1299     Document Type: Article

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