Cardiac autonomic disturbances in patients with vasovagal syndrome: Comparison between iodine-123-metaiodobenzylguanidine myocardial scintigraphy and heart rate variability

Europace

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1352-1358

  Kochiadakis, George ^a   Marketou, Maria ^a   Koukouraki, Sophia ^a   Parthenakis, Fragiskos ^a   Chlouverakis, Gregory ^b   Karkavitsas, Nikolaos ^a   Vardas, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Myocardial adrenergic innervation; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 123;

ADRENERGIC NERVE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NERVE ENDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYNCOPE; TILT TABLE TEST;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865719523     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eus063     Document Type: Article

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