Association between parasympathetic activity and Late Potentials at low noise level

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 254-263

  Christiansen, Evald Hoj ^a   Frost, Lars ^a   Molgaard, Henning ^a   Nielsen, Torsten Toftegaard ^a   Pedersen, Anders Kirstein ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Late potentials; Parasympathetic activity; Signal averaged EGG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030751859     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.1997.tb00334.x     Document Type: Article

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