Relationship between autonomic nervous system test results, ejection fraction and inducibility of sustained ventricular arrhythmias by means of electrophysiological studies?

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 200-204

  Fuenmayor, Abdel J ^a   Rosales, José G ^a   Fuenmayor, Abdel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0029929687     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177087     Document Type: Article

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