Arterial baroreflex sensitivity assessed from phase IV of the Valsalva maneuver

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 575-579

  Kautzner, Josef ^a   Hartikainen, Juha E K ^a   Camm, A John ^a   Malik, Marek ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIES; BAROREFLEX; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0030237404     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00370-0     Document Type: Article

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