P6628The head-up tilt test: beyond the diagnosis of vasovagal syncope
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Provocation of neurocardiogenic syncope by clomipramine administration during the head-up tilt test in vasovagal syndrome.
OBJECTIVES We sought to test the hypothesis that activation of the serotonergic system in patients with vasovagal syndrome during the head-up tilt test provokes syncope. BACKGROUND Central serotonergic activation participates in the pathogenesis of neurocardiogenic syncope. Drugs increasing serotonin (5-HT) in the central nervous system have not been tested as drug challenges during the head-...
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Sir, I read with interest the article published by Udani V et al, which is a retrospective and part prospective study, evaluating the usefulness of head up tilt test in the diagnosis of neurocardiogenic syncope. The authors have made a good attempt to analyze the significance of HUTT in ruling out other perturbing causes of syncope in children and adolescents such as seizure disorders and verti...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.p6628