Evaluation of syncope

American Family Physician

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 640-650

  Gauer, Robert L ^a  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CARDIAC CHANNELOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

EID: 80053908592     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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