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Tilt Testing with Combined Lower Body Negative Pressure: a "Gold Standard" for Measuring Orthostatic Tolerance
Published on: March 21, 2013
Syncope
S F Schaal1, S D Nelson, H Boudoulas
1Ohio State University Hospitals, Division of Cardiology, Columbus.
Abstract:
Syncope is a clinical entity of diverse cause. The historical features surrounding the syncopal event and the presence or absence of heart disease are the most important features in establishing the cause for syncope. Passive head-up tilt study provides a means of identifying many patients with vasodepressor syncope. Electrophysiologic study is important in the elucidation of syncope in patients who have syncope undefined after noninvasive evaluation. With proper use of the modalities available, few patients will have an undefined cause for syncope.
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