Open AccessPredisposition to Vasovagal Syncope in Subjects With Blood/Injury Phobia
Author(s) -
Valentina Accurso,
Mikołaj Winnicki,
Abu Shamsuzzaman,
Amy Wenzel,
Alan Kim Johnson,
Virend K. Somers
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/hc3301.094910
Subject(s) - presyncope , vasovagal syncope , medicine , supine position , blood pressure , heart rate , anesthesia , cardiology , syncope (phonology) , hemodynamics , tilt table test
Most subjects with blood/injury phobia experience syncope or presyncope as part of the phobic response. We tested the hypothesis that these subjects have a constitutional autonomic dysregulation that predisposes them to vasovagal syncope during head-up tilt.
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