Heart rate and blood pressure variability in cardiac diseases: Pharmacological implications

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-28

  Cloarec Blanchard, L ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Short term variability

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISOPROLOL; DIGITALIS; METOPROLOL;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031029975     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.1997.tb00164.x     Document Type: Review

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