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Correlation of postural blood pressure test and head-up tilt table test in patients with vasovagal syncope. / Aydin, Muhammet Ali; Mortensen, Kai; Meinertz, Thomas; Schuchert, Andreas; Willems, Stephan; Ventura, Rodolfo.

In: CARDIOLOGY, Vol. 107, No. 4, 2007, p. 380-385.

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Harvard

Aydin, MA, Mortensen, K, Meinertz, T, Schuchert, A, Willems, S & Ventura, R 2007, 'Correlation of postural blood pressure test and head-up tilt table test in patients with vasovagal syncope', CARDIOLOGY, vol. 107, no. 4, pp. 380-385. https://doi.org/10.1159/000099056

APA

Aydin, M. A., Mortensen, K., Meinertz, T., Schuchert, A., Willems, S., & Ventura, R. (2007). Correlation of postural blood pressure test and head-up tilt table test in patients with vasovagal syncope. CARDIOLOGY, 107(4), 380-385. https://doi.org/10.1159/000099056

Vancouver

Aydin MA, Mortensen K, Meinertz T, Schuchert A, Willems S, Ventura R. Correlation of postural blood pressure test and head-up tilt table test in patients with vasovagal syncope. CARDIOLOGY. 2007;107(4):380-385. https://doi.org/10.1159/000099056

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title = "Correlation of postural blood pressure test and head-up tilt table test in patients with vasovagal syncope",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Vasovagal syncope is triggered by complex cerebral and cardiovascular reflex mechanisms leading to general vasodilatation and bradycardia resulting in cerebral hypoperfusion.METHODS: We prospectively studied the correlation of postural blood pressure test (PBT) and head-up tilt table test (TT) in patients with recurrent vasovagal syncope. Sixty-eight patients (37 male, 52.4 +/- 18.6 years) were included in the trial. They were asked to participate in a PBT and a TT. Independent samples t-test, ANOVA and Fisher's exact test were used for statistical analysis. p values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.RESULTS: Thirty patients (44%) showed a positive TT and thirty-four patients (50%) had a positive PBT. PBT did not show any correlation with TT, although pathophysiological mechanisms in vasovagal syncope and orthostatic hypotension are supposed to be similar. Furthermore neither TT nor PBT nor their combination had any predictive value for the patient's risk of syncope recurrence.CONCLUSIONS: TT and PBT are not correlated with each other. Both investigations cannot predict the patient's risk of syncope recurrence.",
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author = "Aydin, {Muhammet Ali} and Kai Mortensen and Thomas Meinertz and Andreas Schuchert and Stephan Willems and Rodolfo Ventura",
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AU - Aydin, Muhammet Ali

AU - Mortensen, Kai

AU - Meinertz, Thomas

AU - Schuchert, Andreas

AU - Willems, Stephan

AU - Ventura, Rodolfo

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N2 - BACKGROUND: Vasovagal syncope is triggered by complex cerebral and cardiovascular reflex mechanisms leading to general vasodilatation and bradycardia resulting in cerebral hypoperfusion.METHODS: We prospectively studied the correlation of postural blood pressure test (PBT) and head-up tilt table test (TT) in patients with recurrent vasovagal syncope. Sixty-eight patients (37 male, 52.4 +/- 18.6 years) were included in the trial. They were asked to participate in a PBT and a TT. Independent samples t-test, ANOVA and Fisher's exact test were used for statistical analysis. p values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.RESULTS: Thirty patients (44%) showed a positive TT and thirty-four patients (50%) had a positive PBT. PBT did not show any correlation with TT, although pathophysiological mechanisms in vasovagal syncope and orthostatic hypotension are supposed to be similar. Furthermore neither TT nor PBT nor their combination had any predictive value for the patient's risk of syncope recurrence.CONCLUSIONS: TT and PBT are not correlated with each other. Both investigations cannot predict the patient's risk of syncope recurrence.

AB - BACKGROUND: Vasovagal syncope is triggered by complex cerebral and cardiovascular reflex mechanisms leading to general vasodilatation and bradycardia resulting in cerebral hypoperfusion.METHODS: We prospectively studied the correlation of postural blood pressure test (PBT) and head-up tilt table test (TT) in patients with recurrent vasovagal syncope. Sixty-eight patients (37 male, 52.4 +/- 18.6 years) were included in the trial. They were asked to participate in a PBT and a TT. Independent samples t-test, ANOVA and Fisher's exact test were used for statistical analysis. p values <0.05 were considered statistically significant.RESULTS: Thirty patients (44%) showed a positive TT and thirty-four patients (50%) had a positive PBT. PBT did not show any correlation with TT, although pathophysiological mechanisms in vasovagal syncope and orthostatic hypotension are supposed to be similar. Furthermore neither TT nor PBT nor their combination had any predictive value for the patient's risk of syncope recurrence.CONCLUSIONS: TT and PBT are not correlated with each other. Both investigations cannot predict the patient's risk of syncope recurrence.

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KW - Blood Pressure/physiology

KW - Blood Pressure Determination

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Hypotension, Orthostatic/complications

KW - Male

KW - Middle Aged

KW - Posture/physiology

KW - Prospective Studies

KW - Recurrence

KW - Syncope, Vasovagal/diagnosis

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