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. 2003 Oct 1;3(4):239-52.

Tilt table test: state of the art

Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias  1 , Antoni Martínez-Rubio
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Tilt table test: state of the art

Gonzalo Barón-Esquivias et al. Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Continuous ECG trace of syncope development during HUT. Top: Baseline ECG before Tilting. Bottom: Continuous ECG beginning with bradycardic sinus rhythm followed by asystole and occasionally occurring escape rhythm and beats (*) induced by vigorous blows to the precordium. The bradycardic arrhythmic events reverted to sinus tachycardia during Trendelemburg position and after atropine.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Continuous ECG trace of syncope development during HUT. After symptom initiation, 15 sec. of relative bradycardia is abruptly followed by a 31 sec. asystole period. After tilt toward Trendelenburg position, patient presented tonic-clonic movements and muscular jerks
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