Immediate reproducibility of tilt-table test results in elderly patients referred for evaluation of syncope or presyncope

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Dec 1;80(11):1492-4. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00741-8.

Abstract

We studied the immediate reproducibility of the results of the head-up tilt-table test in elderly patients (age > or =60 years). Twenty-seven consecutive men underwent 51 tests. The overall reproducibility was 98%, including 92% of a positive test and 100% of a negative test. The finding of this study validates the use of intravenous pharmacologic intervention in the elderly population.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic beta-Agonists
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Blood Pressure
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Rate
  • Humans
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Isoproterenol
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Posture / physiology*
  • Prospective Studies
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Syncope, Vasovagal / diagnosis*
  • Syncope, Vasovagal / etiology
  • Syncope, Vasovagal / physiopathology
  • Tilt-Table Test / methods*

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Agonists
  • Isoproterenol