Autonomic Testing in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: Implications of Reproducible Gastrointestinal Complaints during Tilt Table Testing [PDF]
Background: The pathophysiology of functional abdominal pain (FAP) is unknown. The upright portion of a tilt table test triggers typical symptoms in certain children. Aim: To compare the pathophysiology and treatment response of children with FAP whose
Shaista Safder +3 more
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Objectives: Using different techniques, reduction of cerebral blood flow (CBF) during orthostatic stress were demonstrated. One study reported flow reduction of the right internal carotid (ICA) and vertebral (VA) artery during orthostatic stress by ...
C. (Linda).M.C. van Campen +2 more
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The role of tilt-table test in differential diagnosis of unexplained syncope [PDF]
The aim of this retrospective study (February 2012 – September 2014) was to assess the role of head-up tilt-table test in patients with unexplained syncope.
Marko Mornar Jelavić +4 more
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Autonomic uprising: the tilt table test in autonomic medicine. [PDF]
This perspective piece on head-up tilt table testing is part of a series on autonomic function testing. The tilt table can be a useful diagnostic test, but methodologies vary, and the results are sometimes misinterpreted. The intent here is not to review comprehensively the utility of various tilt table testing protocols but to convey a number of ...
Cheshire WP, Goldstein DS.
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Tilt Table Test: State of The Art
The loss of consciousness has been a subject of wonder and uncertainty in humans, and for this reason it has been the object of medical investigation since the beginning of time. Even actually, it is certainly an unresolved clinical problem.
Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias +1 more
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Reduced systemic vascular resistance is the underlying hemodynamic mechanism in nitrate-stimulated vasovagal syncope during head-up tilt-table test [PDF]
Background: Nitroglycerin (NTG) challenge during head-up tilt-table testing (HUTT) is often utilized to determine the etiology of unexplained vascular syncope.
Byung Gyu Kim, MD +7 more
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Prolongation of Electrocardiographic T Wave Parameters Recorded during the Head-Up Tilt Table Test as Independent Markers of Syncope Severity in Children. [PDF]
Markiewicz-Łoskot G +4 more
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Orthostatic symptoms does not always manifest during tilt-table test in pediatric postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome patients [PDF]
PurposeChronic day-to-day symptoms of orthostatic intolerance are the most notable features of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). However, we have encountered patients with such symptoms and excessive tachycardia but with no symptoms ...
Tae-Eon Huh +10 more
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Why is the Tilt Table Test Still Useful to Define who Should or Should Not Get A Pacemaker with Vasovagal Syncope? [PDF]
Aksu T, Yalin K.
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