...David L. Jardine; C. T. Paul Krediet; Pietro Cortelli; Christopher M. Frampton; Wouter Wieling Sleep syncope is a recently described form of vasovagal syncope that interrupts sleep. The pathophysiology of this condition is uncertain but a ‘central’ non-baroreflex-mediated trigger has been suggested...

... females) with clinically suspected VVS (vasovagal syncope) and a positive tilt test. Mean FAP (finger arterial pressure) was monitored continuously (Finapres). Left ventricular SV (stroke volume), CO (cardiac output) and SVR (systemic vascular resistance) were computed from the pressure pulsations...

...Christopher J. Mathias β-Adrenergic receptor blockers are one of a number of therapeutic agents promoted as having beneficial effects in vasovagal syncope. In this issue of Clinical Science , Eldadah and co-workers have investigated the effect of the β-adrenergic receptor blocker propranolol...

... adrenaline. Correspondence: Dr Basil A. Eldadah (email eldadahb@ninds.nih.gov ). 23 1 2006 4 4 2006 24 4 2006 24 4 2006 The Biochemical Society 2006 adrenaline β-blocker neurally mediated hypotension tilt testing vasovagal syncope Neurocardiogenic syncope...

...Jan Simek; Dan Wichterle; Vojtech Melenovsky; Jan Malik; Jaroslava Svobodova; Stepan Svacina In the present study, we studied whether analysis of the FAP (finger arterial pressure) waveform during supine rest discriminates subjects with recurrent VVS (vasovagal syncope) from healthy controls...

...Gianfranco PICCIRILLO; Camilla NASO; Antonio MOISÈ; Marco LIONETTI; Marialuce NOCCO; Silvia DI CARLO; Tiziana DE LAURENTIS; Damiano MAGRÌ; Mauro CACCIAFESTA; Vincenzo MARIGLIANO Autonomic nervous system control in subjects with vasovagal syncope is controversial. In the present study, we used short...

... of peripheral resistance to leg venous occlusion. Correspondence: Professor Georges Lefthériotis (e-mail geleftheriotis@chu-angers.fr ). 6 2 2003 22 4 2003 2 5 2003 2 5 2003 © 2003 The Biochemical Society 2003 thigh cuffs vasovagal syncope venous return Clinical...

...Brian J. CAREY; Penelope J. EAMES; Ronney B. PANERAI; John F. POTTER The cerebrovascular changes that occur prior to vasovagal syncope (VVS) are unclear, with both increases and decreases in cerebrovascular resistance being reported during pre-syncope. This study assessed the cerebrovascular...