Syncope is a common condition. Tilt testing with sublingual nitroglycerin (TT-TNT) provides a test with good specificity and positivity rate in young and old patients. Its use in hypertensive patients ...

Background: Vasovagal syncope is one of the most common medical conditions in young adults. Previous trials have shown effectiveness of tilt training in treating this condition. We conducted a ...

This is a two-part unit on syncope and the value of tilt table testing. Part 1 discussed the physiology of syncope, the procedure of tilt table testing, and indications and contraindications for it.

AbstractAustin, J., Abdulla, A. (2008) Evaluating tilt table testing in syncope 1: the procedure. Nursing Times; 104: 20, 28–29.This is the first of a two-part unit on syncope and the value of tilt ...

Athens, Greece 26 June 2013. Two important studies were released at the Late Breaking Clinical Trials session II at EHRA EUROPACE 2013. The PREFER AF study2 found that Oral anticoagulation is now used ...

Barcelona, Spain, 1 September 2009: The REVISE Study (Reveal in the Investigation of Syncope and Epilepsy) found that 1 in 8 adult patients in the United Kingdom, previously thought to be suffering ...

I have noticed an unusually large number of patients (>20) with neurocardiogenic syncope (all of the patients had positive tilt-table tests). Is this a recent trend? If so, what is the cause? —CHERYL ...

Investigators studied diagnostic and treatment pathways for neurogenic orthostatic hypotension in a man with fluctuating blood pressure and several comorbidities. Considering neurogenic orthostatic ...

THE HEAD-UPRIGHT TILT-TABLE (HUT) TEST IS USED primarily for the investigation of orthostatic symptoms. Although this test is frequently the gold standard for the evaluation of neurocardiogenic ...

Young, healthy soldiers (aged 18-20 years) were referred to the Sheba Medical Center for evaluation of recurrent syncope. Participants were recruited to the study between July 2002 and July 2004.