Autonomic uprising: the tilt table test in autonomic medicine. [PDF]
Clin Auton Res, 2019 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: its role in modern practice. [PDF]
Clin Med (Lond), 2013 Syncope is a major healthcare problem with significant morbidity, mortality and healthcare cost. It is a common symptom with a complex pathophysiology and, therefore, several aetiologies. Tilt-table testing (TTT) is an important, yet perhaps not widely-used, test that forms part of the management of syncope.
Sandhu KS, Khan P, Panting J, Nadar S.
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Advanced Biomedical Research, 2016 Background: Syncope is an important and common clinical condition, and the neurally mediated syncope is the most frequent type of syncope. Tilt testing is considered as a first-line diagnostic test.
Bahar Dehghan, Mohammad Reza Sabri
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Usefulness of Tilt Testing in Children with Syncope: A Survey of Pediatric Electrophysiologists [PDF]
Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 2008 The role of tilt table testing as a diagnostic modality in children with unexplained syncope is unclear. We sent a questionnaire to members of the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society to assess the current practice pattern.
Anjan S. Batra, Seshadri Balaji
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The role of tilt-table test in differential diagnosis of unexplained syncope
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2015 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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Effect of Provocation by Sublingual Nitroglycerin on the Result of Tilt Table Test in Patients with Unexplained Syncope [PDF]
International Journal of Medical Arts, 2023 Background: Patients with unexplained syncope should undergo the tilt table test, it is the only clinical laboratory test indicated to identify susceptibility to vasovagal fainting.The Aim of the work: To evaluate the effect of sublingual nitrates ...
Ali Elshafey +3 more
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Brugada pattern changes during tilt table test with high precordial leads. An exploratory data to better understand the dynamic profile. [PDF]
Clinics (Sao Paulo)Introduction: Brugada Syndrome (BrS) typically manifests with a dynamic type 1 Brugada pattern (Br1ECGp) that depends on the dominance of the sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system.
Pereira ENS +6 more
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Skin sympathetic nerve activity as a biomarker for syncopal episodes during a tilt table test. [PDF]
Heart Rhythm, 2020 Background: Autonomic imbalance is the proposed mechanism of syncope during a tilt table test (TTT). We have recently demonstrated that skin sympathetic nerve activity (SKNA) can be noninvasively recorded using electrocardiographic electrodes ...
Kumar A +10 more
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The Differences in the Diagnostic Profile in Children with Vasovagal Syncope between the Result of Head-Up Tilt Table Test. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2020 (1) Background: The features characterizing vasovagal syncope (VVS) are an important factor in the correct evaluation of diagnostic risk stratification in children and adolescents.
Kolarczyk E +3 more
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Heart and Mind, 2020 Introduction: The head-up tilt table test is noninvasive diagnostic procedure, which is used in the diagnosis of syncope. Syncope presents a benign short-term disorder of cerebral circulation with the sudden loss of consciousness and muscle tone.
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