Short pain-provoked head-up tilt test for the confirmation of vasovagal syncope

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 869-873

  Adamec, Ivan ^a   Mišmaš, Antonija ^a   Žaper, Dinka ^b   Junaković, Anamari ^a   Hajnšek, Sanja ^a,b   Habek, Mario ^a,b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Head up tilt test; Pain; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALGARY SYNCOPE SYMPTOM SCORE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEAD TILTING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; POSTURAL ORTHOSTATIC TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT PAIN PROVOKED HEAD UP TILT TEST;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTURE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879086081     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1138-2     Document Type: Article

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