Central origin of decreased heart rate variability in patients with cardiovascular diseases

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 479-481

  Wolk, R ^a  

^a Department of Diagnostic Imaging Second Faculty of Medicine   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION;

EID: 0029985463     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90029-8     Document Type: Article

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