New insights into the pathophysiology of carotid sinus syndrome

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1411-1416

  Tea, Say Hak ^a   Mansourati, Jacques ^a   L'Heveder, Gildas ^a   Mabin, Dominique ^a   Blanc, Jean Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

nervous system, autonomic; pacing; physiology; syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAROTID SINUS; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCOPE;

EID: 9044230916     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.93.7.1411     Document Type: Article

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