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Response to head-up tilt testing in patients with situational syncope
M Sumiyoshi1, Y Nakata, Y Mineda
1Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|November 17, 1998
Abstract:
The results of head-up tilt testing were compared between 24 patients with situational syncope and 44 age-matched patients with typical vasovagal syncope. Patients with situational syncope showed poor positive responses, especially in the passive tilt results (8.3% vs. 39%, p = 0.0078).