Orthostatic tolerance is difficult to predict in recurrent syncope patients

Clinical Autonomic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-45

  Schroeder, Christoph ^a   Tank, Jens ^b   Heusser, Karsten ^b   Busjahn, Andreas ^c   Diedrich, André ^d   Luft, Friedrich C ^a   Jordan, Jens ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c HealthTwist GmbH   (Germany)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure variability; Cardiovascular regulation; Head up tilt testing; Neurally mediated syncope; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC TOLERANCE; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951814400     PISSN: 09599851     EISSN: 16191560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10286-010-0090-6     Document Type: Article

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