Jugular venous reflux and plasma endothelin-1 are associated with cough syncope: A case control pilot study

BMC Neurology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chung, Chih Ping ^a,b   Cheng, Chun Yu ^a,b   Zivadinov, Robert ^c   Chen, Wei Chih ^a,d   Sheng, Wen Yung ^a   Lee, Yu Chin ^a,b   Hu, Han Hwa ^a,b   Hsu, Hung Yi ^e,f,g   Yang, Kuang Yao ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d TAIPEI MUNICIPAL GAN DAU HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TUNGS' TAICHUNG METROHARBOR HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cough syncope; Endothelin 1; Jugular venous reflux

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGH SYNCOPE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELISA KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; JUGULAR VENOUS REFLUX; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRESYNCOPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VENOUS REFLUX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COUGH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84872188196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-13-9     Document Type: Article

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