The elusive pathophysiology of neurally mediated syncope

R Mosqueda-Garcia, R Furlan, JT MD… - Circulation, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Often, NMS develops after the subject experiences changes in gravitational forces. 6 One
study suggested that an abnormality in the peripheral veins could result in exaggerated …

[PDF][PDF] Neurally mediated syncope: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment

H Kaufmann - Neurology, 1995 - researchgate.net
Neurally mediated syncope is the most frequent cause of syncope in patients who do not
have structural heart disease. Neurally mediated syncope is believed to be a reflex triggered …

Autonomic nervous system dysfunction in adolescents with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome is characterized by attenuated …

JM Stewart - Pediatric Research, 2000 - nature.com
The objective was to determine the nature of autonomic and vasomotor changes in
adolescent patients with orthostatic tachycardia associated with the chronic fatigue …

Effect of physiologic and pharmacologic adrenergic stimulation on heart rate variability

MW Ahmed, AH Kadish, MA Parker… - Journal of the American …, 1994 - Elsevier
Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effects of physiologic and
pharmacologic sympathetic stimulation on time and frequency domain indexes of heart rate …

Cardiac autonomic patterns preceding occasional vasovagal reactions in healthy humans

R Furlan, S Piazza, S Dell'Orto, F Barbic, A Bianchi… - Circulation, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The wide range of clinical presentation of orthostatic vasovagal syncope
suggests different underlying changes in the cardiac autonomic modulation. Methods and …

'Non‐hypotensive'hypovolaemia reduces ascending aortic dimensions in humans.

JA Taylor, JR Halliwill, TE Brown… - The Journal of …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
1. The notion that small,'non‐hypotensive'reductions of effective blood volume alter neither
arterial pressure nor arterial baroreceptor activity is pervasive in the experimental literature …

Baroreflex sensitivity in patients with vasovagal syncope

HL Thomson, K Wright, M Frenneaux - Circulation, 1997 - Am Heart Assoc
Background In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that baroreflex sensitivity is
reduced in patients with vasovagal syncope compared with normal control subjects …

Is vasovagal syncope a disease?

P Alboni, M Brignole, EC Degli Uberti - Europace, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Vavovagal syncope (VVS) is not generally associated with cardiovascular, neurological or
other diseases, and, therefore, represents an isolated manifestation. Isolated VVS cannot be …

Time and frequency domain analyses of heart rate variability during orthostatic stress in patients with neurally mediated syncope

CA Morillo, GJ Klein, DL Jones, R Yee - The American journal of cardiology, 1994 - Elsevier
The role of autonomic balance during upright tilt in patients with neurally mediated syncope
is unclear. To assess the characteristics of autonomic tone during orthostatic stress, 15 …

Autonomic control of vasovagal syncope

DL Jardine, H Ikram, CM Frampton… - American Journal …, 1998 - journals.physiology.org
In the pathophysiological study of vasovagal syncope, the nature of the interaction between
baroreceptor sensitivity (BS), sympathetic withdrawal, and parasympathetic activity has yet …