The slow-flat-slow sequence in malignant vasovagal syncope
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Vasovagal syncope and vasovagal disease.
(Hellenic Journal of Cardiology) HJC ñ 61 I solated vasovagal syncope (VVS) is not a disease, but rather the clinical manifestation of an autonomic reflex to which all (or almost all) individuals are predisposed. Why certain subjects appear to be more susceptible than others to the development of paradoxical hypotension and bradycardia, and why the event occurs at one time and not another, rema...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
سال: 2021
ISSN: 0974-2069
DOI: 10.4103/apc.apc_105_20