Baroreflex sensitivity, but not heart rate variability, is reduced in patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias long after myocardial infarction

American Heart Journal

Volumn 130, Issue 3 PART 1, 1995, Pages 473-480

  De Ferrari, Gaetano M ^a,b   Landolina, Maurizio ^a   Mantica, Massimo ^a   Manfredini, Ruggero ^a   Schwartz, Peter J ^b,c   Lotto, Antonio ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGUS TONE;

AGED; BAROREFLEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0029151375     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(95)90354-2     Document Type: Article

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