Heart rate/blood pressure ratio as predictor of neuromediated syncope

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1170-1175

  Mereu, Roberto ^a   De Barbieri, Giacomo ^a   Perrone, Tiziano ^a   Mugellini, Amedeo ^a   Di Toro, Alessandro ^a   Bernardi, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Heart rate variability; Neuromediated syncope; Prediction; Tilt table test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMEDIATED SYNCOPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RR INTERVAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TILT TABLE TEST;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; NEUROMEDIATED SYNCOPE; PREDICTION; TILT-TABLE TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881475466     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.03.115     Document Type: Article

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