title: Tilt-induced cardioinhibitory syncope: a follow-up study in 16 patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The exact clinical and prognostic significance and the therapeutic implications of asystole induced by head-up tilt test are still a matter of debate.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed, by means of a semi-structured interview, the long-term outcome of cardioinhibitory syncope in all the patients who presented a tilt-induced sinus arrest of more than 3 s in our Autonomic Unit between 1996 and 2010.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although syncopal recurrences were common, tilt-induced asystole did not imply a poor prognosis in terms of death or major therapeutic procedures.
authors.affiliation: IRCCS, Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Università di Bologna, Via Ugo Foscolo, 7, 40123 Bologna, Italy. pietro.guaraldi@unibo.it
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guaraldi
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calandra-Buonaura
authors.forename: Rossana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Terlizzi
authors.forename: Annagrazia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cecere
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Solieri
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barletta
authors.forename: Pietro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cortelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006321:Heart / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018667:Tilt-Table Test / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult