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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, Enrico Vizzardi, Livio Dei Cas, Giorgio Caretta, Alberto Madureri, Claudio Pedrinazzi, Federica Chieppa, Ivano Bonadei, Gregoriana Zanini, Riccardo Raddino   +9 more
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A contemporary review of the head-up tilt test: Utility and limitations

Indian Heart Journal
The 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, Jayaprakash Shenthar, Ajay Madhukar Naik, Dibbendhu Khanra, Vadivelu Ramalingam, Rahul Singhal, Dinesh Choudhary, Prabha Nini Gupta, B Hygriv Rao, Saurabh Mehrotra, Vanita Arora, Sanjeev Kathuria, Pawan Suri, David Benditt, Richard Sutton   +14 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, Jayaprakash Shenthar, Manjunath Nanjappa Cholenahally   +2 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, Vincenzo Avitabile, Paolo Golino, Gerardo Nigro, Vincenzo Russo   +4 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, Akbar Shafiee, Gholamreza Davoodi, Fatemeh Tavakoli, Alireza Gheini, Ahmad Yaminisharif, Arash Jalali, Saeed Sadeghian   +7 more
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Characteristics of head‐up tilt testing with additional adenosine compared with head‐up tilt testing with isoproterenol and isosorbide dinitrate [PDF]

Journal of Arrhythmia, 2014
AbstractBackgroundHead‐up tilt (HUT) testing is used to establish the diagnosis of neurally mediated syncope (NMS). Adenosine administration during HUT testing is useful for inducing NMS. However, no comparison between adenosine HUT testing and HUT testing using other drugs has been reported.
Norikazu Watanabe, MD, Shirou Kawasaki, MD, Yoshimi Oonishi, MD, Yoshimasa Onuma, MD, Yumi Munetsugu, MD, Takayuki Itou, MD, Tatsuya Onuki, MD, Fumito Miyoshi, MD, Yoshino Minoura, MD, Tarou Adachi, MD, Mitsuharu Kawamura, MD, Taku Asano, MD, Kaoru Tanno, MD, Youichi Kobayashi, MD   +13 more
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Children with transient loss of consciousness: Clinical characteristics and the effectiveness of diagnostic tests

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2020
Background: Transient loss of consciousness (TLOC) is common among children and adolescents. The aims of this study were to identify clinical differences between patients with vasovagal syncope and those with epileptic seizures, which account for a large
Young Ju Choi, Mi Young Han, Eun Hye Lee
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The head-up tilt test ? a cause of myocardial infarction [PDF]

Europace, 2004
INFARCTION: A 74-year-old man with no known ischaemic heart disease presented to the Cardiology Department with a history of multiple episodes of pre-syncope. During a head-up tilt test to investigate a neurocardiogenic cause, after glyceryl trinitrate provocation he became profoundly hypotensive and unwell.
S I, Goolamali, V L, Loh, M, Sopher
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Assessment of cardiac function in syncopal children without organic causes [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics, 2021
Background Syncope is a common problem in children and adolescents. However, a large proportion of syncope cases have no underlying cause. Purpose This study aimed to identify the factors affecting the severity of syncope using tissue Doppler imaging ...
Heoungjin Kim, Lucy Youngmin Eun
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Is pacemaker therapy the right key to patients with vasovagal syncope? [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2016
Introduction. Vasovagal syncope is the most common type of reflex syncope. Efficacy of cardiac pacing in this indication has not been the subject of many studies and pacemaker therapy in patients with vasovagal syncope is still controversial ...
Radovanović Nikola N., Kirćanski Bratislav, Raspopović Srđan, Pavlović Siniša U., Jovanović Velibor, Milašinović Goran   +5 more
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