ArticleEuropean heart journal2021
Tilt testing remains a valuable asset.
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- Utility and best practices for clinical diagnostic testing of the autonomic nervous system: A Consensus Statement Endorsed by the American Autonomic Society and the American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2026Review
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- Diagnostic value of short-duration head-up tilt test for unexplained syncope: a non-inferiority study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
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- Electrocardiographic and Hemodynamic Changes During Tilt-Table Testing in Patients With Syncope.Cureus · 2026Article
- Pediatric reflex syncope: updated insights and future directions.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Index of cardiac electrophysiological balance in patients with vasovagal syncope confirmed by head-up tilt test.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
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- The hope and the hype of artificial intelligence for syncope management.European heart journal. Digital health · 2025Article
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- A study on the therapeutic effect of zero-ray cardiac autonomic ganglion ablation on vasovagal syncope in a special occupational young population.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
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- JCS/JHRS 2022 Guideline on Diagnosis and Risk Assessment of Arrhythmia.Journal of arrhythmia · 2024Article
- Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in post-COVID-19 syndrome: a major health-care burden.Nature reviews. Cardiology · 2024Review
- Asystole on loop recorder in patients with unexplained syncope and negative tilt testing: age distribution and clinical predictors.Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society · 2024Article
- Cardiac deceleration capacity and acceleration capacity have diagnostic value in patients with vasovagal syncope regardless of age.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- TELE-SPACER - a randomized clinical trial protocol: Cardioneuroablation versus pacemaker implantation in the treatment of vagally-mediated atrio-ventricular block.Cardiology journal · 2024Article
- Effectiveness analysis of deceleration capacity and traditional heart rate variability in diagnosing vasovagal syncope.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Effect of orthostatic hypotension on long-term prognosis of elderly patients with stable coronary artery disease: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Head-up tilt test (TT) has been used for >50 years to study heart rate/blood pressure adaptation to positional changes, to model responses to haemorrhage, to assess orthostatic hypotension, and to evaluate haemodynamic and neuroendocrine responses in congestive heart failure, autonomic dysfunction, and hypertension. During these studies, some subjects experienced syncope due to vasovagal reflex. As a result, tilt testing was incorporated into clinical assessment of syncope when the origin was unknown. Subsequently, clinical experience supports the diagnostic value of TT. This is highlighted in evidence-based professional practice guidelines, which provide advice for TT methodology and interpretation, while concurrently identifying its limitations. Thus, TT remains a valuable clinical asset, one that has added importantly to the appreciation of pathophysiology of syncope/collapse and, thereby, has improved care of syncopal patients.
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