SYSTOLIC BLOOD-PRESSURE AT REST, NOT THE DEGREE OF BETA-BLOCKADE, PREDICTS THE RESULT OF FOLLOW-UP TILT-TABLE TESTING FOR VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE

Authors
LEWIS WR CARLSON MD
Citation
Wr. Lewis et Md. Carlson, SYSTOLIC BLOOD-PRESSURE AT REST, NOT THE DEGREE OF BETA-BLOCKADE, PREDICTS THE RESULT OF FOLLOW-UP TILT-TABLE TESTING FOR VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE, The American journal of cardiology, 80(3), 1997, pp. 351
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:3<351:SBARNT>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Tilt-table testing after therapy with beta blockade is frequently used to predict clinical success. This study found that heart rate and blo od pressure reductions after beta-blocker therapy did not predict the results of follow-up tilt-table test, but low blood pressure at rest b efore the initial test predicts failure of this therapy.