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Head-up tilt, lower body negative pressure, pacemakers and vasovagal syncope

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Kaufman, H. Head-up tilt, lower body negative pressure, pacemakers and vasovagal syncope. Clinical Autonomic Research 4, 231–232 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01827426

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