Syncope

Circulation

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1330-1339

  Saklani, Pradyot ^a   Krahn, Andrew ^a   Klein, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUDROCORTISONE;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAINTNESS; HEAD TILTING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REFLEX; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 84875432815     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.138396     Document Type: Review

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