Your physician has scheduled you to have a tilt table test at the facility listed below. If you cannot keep your appointment or require further information regarding your procedure, please call the phone number above that is listed with the facility where your exam is scheduled. Take all medications with a sip of water unless otherwise instructed by the physician. Please follow the admissions procedure for Carilion New River Valley Medical Center or Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Patients lie on a tilt table that has a footboard for support.
The head of the table is elevated to a position of 70 degrees. Patients remain in this position for up to 15 minutes during which time blood pressure and EKG tracings are monitored. If syncope occurs, the test is discontinued and the table is returned to a horizontal position. If syncope does not occur within 15 minutes the table is lowered to a horizontal position and the patient is given Isuprel to raise the heart rate by 20 percent over the resting rate. The head up tilt test is performed again for a period of 15 minutes unless the patient experiences syncope within this time.