Effect of low doses of scopolamine on RR interval variability, baroreflex sensitivity, and exercise performance in patients with chronic heart failure

Heart

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 281-286

  Casadei, Barbara ^a,b   Conway, James ^a   Forfar, Colin ^a   Sleight, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure; Exercise performance; RR interval variability; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SCOPOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; MALE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSDERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VAGUS TONE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0029980370     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.75.3.274     Document Type: Article

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