The changing face of orthostatic and neurocardiogenic syncope with age

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 689-695

  Cooke, J ^a   Carew, S ^a   Costelloe, A ^a   Sheehy, T ^a   Quinn, C ^a   Lyons, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS MASSAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCARDIOGENIC SYNCOPE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; ORTHOSTATIC SYNCOPE; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGING; BODY POSTURE; COST OF ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TILT TABLE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855748302     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr032     Document Type: Article

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