Reproducibility of heart rate variability measures in patients with chronic heart failure

Clinical Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 391-398

  Ponikowski, Piotr ^c,d   Piepoli, Massimo ^c   Amadi, Aham A ^c   Chua, Tuan Peng ^c   Harrington, Derek ^c   Volterrani, Maurizio ^a   Colombo, Roberto ^b   Mazzuero, Giorgio ^b   Giordano, Amerigo ^a   Coats, Andrew J S ^c  

^a Centro Medico di Gussago   (Italy)

^b Centro Medico di Veruno   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Chemoreceptors; Heart failure; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0013117340     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0910391     Document Type: Article

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