Abnormal awake respiratory patterns are common in chronic heart failure and may prevent evaluation of autonomic tone by measures of heart rate variability

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 246-252

  Mortara, Andrea ^a   Sleight, Peter ^a,b   Pinna, Gian Domenico ^a   Maestri, Roberto ^a   Prpa, Alexander ^a   La Rovere, Maria Teresa ^a   Cobelli, Franco ^a   Tavazzi, Luigi ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic; Heart failure; Heart rate; Nervous system; Respiration

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BREATHING DISORDER; BREATHING PATTERN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030854769     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.1.246     Document Type: Article

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