Elucidating the mechanisms of atrial flutter cycle length variability using power spectral analysis techniques

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2515-2525

  Stambler, Bruce S ^a,c   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial flutter; nervous system, autonomic; respiration

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; EDROPHONIUM; ISOPRENALINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MALE; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0029803626     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.10.2515     Document Type: Article

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