Heart rate variability and functional severity of congestive heart failure secondary to coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 360-367

  Casolo, G C ^a,b   Stroder, P ^a   Sulla, A ^a   Chelucci, A ^a   Freni, A ^b   Zerauschek, M ^a  

^a Hospital San Giovanni di Dio of Florence   (Italy)

^b Department of Electronic Engineering ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory ECG monitoring; Autonomic nervous system; Congestive heart failure; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0028926145     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060919     Document Type: Article

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