Heart rate variability and its sympatho-vagal modulation

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 208-216

  Lombardi, Federico ^a   Malliani, Alberto ^a   Pagani, Massimo ^a   Cerutti, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Dipto di Matemat del P   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heart rate variability; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030222370     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0008-6363(96)00116-2     Document Type: Review

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