Clinical history in the diagnosis of the cardiac syncope - The predictive scoring system

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1480-1485

  Mitro, Peter ^a   Kirsch, Peter ^a   ValoČik, Gabriel ^a   Murín, Pavol ^a  

^a L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

cardiac; diagnosis; history; symptoms; syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC SYNCOPE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFLEX SYNCOPE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPINE POSITION; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNCOPE;

EID: 81055157060     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03167.x     Document Type: Article

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