Amnesia for loss of consciousness is common in vasovagal syncope

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1040-1045

  O'Dwyer, Clodagh ^a   Bennett, Kathleen ^a   Langan, Yvonne ^a   Fan, Chie Wei ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amnesia; head up tilt Table test; Unexplained falls; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD TILTING; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMETER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMNESIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959715437     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur069     Document Type: Article

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