The history of diagnosing carotid sinus hypersensitivity: Why are the current criteria too sensitive?

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-22

  Krediet, C T P ^a   Parry, Steve W ^b   Jardine, David L ^c   Benditt, David G ^d   Brignole, Michele ^e   Wieling, Wouter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Hypotension; Pacemaker therapy; Syncope; Testing

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOLOGIST; CAROTID SINUS; CAROTID SINUS HYPERSENSITIVITY; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NECK; ORTHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID SINUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; SYNCOPE;

EID: 78650463878     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq409     Document Type: Review

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