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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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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, Livanis, EG, Leftheriotis, D, Flevari, P, Markianos, M, Kremastinos, DT   +5 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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Demographic and clinical characteristics of children and adolescents with headache and/or dizziness and hemodynamic responses to head-up tilt test [PDF]

Italian Journal of Pediatrics
Background Headache and dizziness are common symptoms in children and adolescents, but the causes of headache/dizziness in most pediatric patients are not clearly defined.
Runmei Zou, Shuo Wang, Fang Li, Ping Liu, Donglei Liao, Liqun Liu, Jing Liu, Hong Cai, Yuwen Wang, Cheng Wang   +9 more
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Worsened survival in the head-up tilt position cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a porcine cardiac arrest model [PDF]

Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2019
Objective Head elevation at an angle of 30° during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was hemodynamically beneficial compared to supine position in a previous porcine cardiac arrest experimental study.
Yong Joo Park, Ki Jeong Hong, Sang Do Shin, Tae Yun Kim, Young Sun Ro, Kyoung Jun Song, Hyun Ho Ryu   +6 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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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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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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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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SHORT HEAD-UP TILT TEST

The Professional Medical Journal, 2012
Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the time to syncope in Nitroglycerine potentiated short Head-up tilt test.Study Design, Settings & Duration: This was a descriptive cross sectional study conducted in Armed Forces Institute of cardiology from May2006 to May, 2007.
HUMAIRA FAYYAZ KHAN, MUHAMMAD AMJAD HAMEED, KAMAL SALEEM, Ayyaz Ahmed, Nida Naeem   +4 more
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