Tilt table test

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You may be asked not to eat or drink for two hours or more before a tilt table test. You can take your medications as usual, unless your doctor tells you otherwise.

References
  1. Tilt table test. Heart Rhythm Society. http://www.hrspatients.org/patients/heart_tests/tilt_table.asp. Accessed Dec. 6, 2009.
  2. Olshansky B. Upright tilt table testing in the evaluation of syncope. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed Dec. 7, 2009.
  3. Shukla GJ, et al. Syncope. Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. 2006;113:715.
  4. Ropper AH, et al. Faintness and syncope. In: Ropper AH, et al. Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology. 9th ed. New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill; 2009. http://www.accessmedicine.com/content.aspx?aID=3632736. Accessed Dec. 6, 2009.
  5. Diagnosing arrhythmias. American Heart Association. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3. Accessed Dec. 6, 2009.
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