title: The Value of Tilt Testing and Autonomic Nervous System Assessment.
abstract: Tilt testing for the investigation of syncope was introduced in 1986. Since then, it has propagated worldwide as a routine test to determine the cause of transient loss of consciousness when that event has not been diagnosed by history, including that of a witness, physical examination, supine and erect blood pressures, and 12-lead electrocardiogram. Tilt testing allows reproduction of syncope with monitoring of physiologic parameters including electrocardiogram, beat-to-beat blood pressure, electroencephalogram, and middle cerebral artery blood-flow velocity. As a result, much has been learned about syncope.
authors.affiliation: Imperial College, 59-61 North Wharf Road, ICCH Building St Mary's Hospital Campus, London W2 1LA, UK. Electronic address: r.sutton@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sutton
mesh_terms: D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018667:Tilt-Table Test / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Autonomic nervous system function tests; Implantable loop recorder; Syncope; Tilt testing