Recurrent syncope in a cancer patient: A case report and review of the literature

Cardiology Research and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Sharma, Jyoti ^a   Dougherty, Anne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; FLUDROCORTISONE; MIDODRINE; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHORESIS; DIZZINESS; EAR CANCER; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYNCOPE;

EID: 79959383503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2011/678237     Document Type: Article

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