A contemporary review of the head-up tilt test: Utility and limitations [PDF]
Indian Heart JournalThe Head-Up Tilt Test (HUTT) has been widely used for the past four decades as part of the overall assessment of the potential causes of collapse in patients with recurring transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) of unknown cause.
Ameya Udyavar +14 more
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Heart Rate Asymmetry Analysis During Head-Up Tilt Test in Healthy Men [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 The purpose of this study is to assess the cardiovascular system response to orthostatic stress in a group of 133 healthy men using heart rate asymmetry (HRA) methods.
Rafał Pawłowski +4 more
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Diagnostic value of the head-up tilt test and the R-test in patients with syncope
Heart International, 2006 The diagnostic value of the head-up tilt test (HUTT) in discovering vasovagal syndrome depends on the pre-test probability. An accurate anamnesis and clinical examination screens the patients indicated for the HUTT.
Debora Robba +9 more
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Isoprenaline versus nitroglycerine in head-up tilt test
Indian Heart Journal, 2017 Background: HUTT test is used in evaluation of syncope. Isoprenaline and isosorbide dinitrate are used to increase the sensitivity of the test. These drugs act by different mechanisms.
Umesh R. Bilagi +2 more
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Head-up tilt test with clomipramine challenge in vasovagal syndrome—a new tilt testing protocol [PDF]
European Heart Journal, 2003 The aim of the study was to randomly compare clomipramine, used as a challenge-agent during head-up tilt test, with isoproterenol, used in the conventional test, in patients with vasovagal syndrome.The serotonergic re-uptake inhibitor clomipramine was infused (5mg in 5min) at the start of head-up tilt test (Clom-HUT) in 126 patients (mean age 41+/-16 ...
Theodorakis, GN +5 more
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A Tick of the Clock: Finding the Sweet Spot in Tilt Table Test. The Effectiveness of Short‐Duration Head‐Up Tilt Test as a Diagnostic Tool in Suspected Vasovagal Patients: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Tertiary Syncope Unit [PDF]
Journal of ArrhythmiaAims The head‐up tilt test (HUTT) has been markedly changed over the years, especially in the specified time for the passive and active phases. However, a consensus‐based protocol has yet to be established.
Parvin Kalhor +4 more
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ST-elevation during head up tilt test: a challenging case in syncope unit
Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2020 A 65-year-old woman, during an elective head up tilt test, after the sublingual nitrate administration, experienced electrocardiogram alteration with ST elevation in the inferior leads, that returned normal when the patient was laid supine after few ...
Andreina Carbone +4 more
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Predicting vasovagal syncope during head-up tilt test: three machine learning approaches [PDF]
Frontiers in NeuroinformaticsIntroductionSyncope prediction during head-up tilt testing (HUTT) remains challenging due to the complex interplay between autonomic and cardiovascular responses.
Matjaž Klemenc +5 more
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The Relationship Between Unexplained Chest Pain in Children and Head-Up Tilt Test [PDF]
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 BackgroundTo explore the relationship between unexplained chest pain in children and head-up tilt test (HUTT).Materials and MethodsA total of 825 children with the main symptom of unexplained chest pain were admitted to the Specialist Outpatient Clinic ...
Ying Wang +8 more
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Age and the head-up tilt test outcome in syncope patients
Research in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2015 Background: The head-up tilt test (HUTT) is a useful diagnostic tool for syncope. Objectives: We sought to investigate the outcome of the HUTT in syncope patients and identify the relationship between age and different hemodynamic outcomes.
Rezvan Noormand +7 more
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