Clinical characteristics of defecation and micturition syncope compared with common vasovagal syncope

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-347

  Bae, Myung H ^a   Kang, Jung K ^a   Kim, Na Y ^a   Choi, Won S ^a   Kim, Kyun H ^a   Park, Sun H ^a   Lee, Jang H ^a   Yang, Dong H ^a   Park, Hun S ^a   Cho, Yongkeun ^a   Chae, Shung C ^a   Jun, Jae Eun ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

defecation; micturition; syncope; vasovagal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFECATION; DEFECATION SYNCOPE; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; MICTURITION SYNCOPE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; DEFECATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNCOPE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857995432     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03290.x     Document Type: Article

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