Power spectral analysis of heart rate variability during upright tilt test: A comparison of patients with syncope and normal subjects

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-32

  Boulos, Monther ^a   Barron, Stephen ^a   Nicolski, Eugenia ^a   Markiewicz, Walter ^a  

^a Rambam Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate; Parasympathetic nervous system; Sympathetic nervous system; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNCOPE; TILTING;

EID: 0029655705     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177056     Document Type: Article

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